Capturing Mary (2007)

Directed by

Stephen Poliakoff

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Rated

16

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man named Joe gets to know an older woman named Mary who used to work as a social secretary for a wealthy family. Through their conversations, she reveals how a disturbing encounter with a charismatic man changed her life.

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What happens

Capturing Mary is a BBC television drama (co-produced by HBO), written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, starring Dame Maggie Smith, David Walliams, Ruth Wilson and Danny Lee Wynter. It was aired on BBC Two on 12 November 2007. It is linked, by the central character of Joe, to another Poliakoff drama, Joe's Palace, which was first aired on 4 November 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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