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| Producer | Tarak Ben Ammar & Ron Rotholz |
| Director | Martha Fiennes |
| Starring | Penelope Cruz, Rhys Ifans, Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott-Thomas |
| Filmed | 20th August - 15th September 2004 |
| Synopsis | What do you do when your wife Iona Aylesbury (Kristin Scott Thomas) can’t tell the difference between a shrink and a shop, your eight year old son Orlando spray paints his rabbit’s name on the walls to get attention, whilst his gay godfather Stephen (Ralph Fiennes) lies half beaten to death in hospital? Your boss is drawing you into a scam which could cost you your career, your father Edward Aylesbury has an illegitimate love child with his former mistress Gloria (Penelope Cruz). When Gloria's social worker Colin (Rhys Ifans) cannot help prying in to her past and present, and your stepmother Penelope’s bond with her dogs is your best role model of a loving relationship? Every family has a secret it hides behind the walls of its home… and these are the dilemmas and secrets of Marcus Aylesbury.
When Marcus’ old “friend” Trent, a tabloid journalist, gets wind of a story he knows will make him a media star the good old virtues of honesty loyalty and friendship are sacrificed to the new morality of success and celebrity. This darkly comedic drama relentlessly pulls these characters into situations which threaten their stable place in a society where privilege and birth are no longer powerful enough to protect the fortunate few, and where the American values of money, beauty and success have become the cornerstones of contemporary London life.
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| Locations | Athol Street, Douglas. Ramsey, Injebreck, Sefton Hotel |
| Website | None |
