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Overview
Release Date:
27 March 2005 (UK) morePlot:
Susan "Sue" Smith(Sally Hawkins) is a fingersmith (British slang for thief) who lives in the slums of... more | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Awards:
3 nominations moreUser Comments:
Enjoyable moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Stephanie Middleton | ... | Young Sue |
| David Troughton | ... | Mr. Ibbs |
 | Imelda Staunton | ... | Mrs. Sucksby |
| Karen Seacombe | ... | Woman at Hanging |
| Tallulah Pitt-Brown | ... | Young Maud (as Tallula Pitt-Brown) |
| Anna Jordan | ... | Nurse |
| Anna Mottram | ... | Matron |
 | Charles Dance | ... | Mr. Christopher Lilly |
| Polly Hemingway | ... | Mrs. Stiles |
 | Elaine Cassidy | ... | Maud Lilly |
| Sally Hawkins | ... | Sue Trinder |
 | Bronson Webb | ... | John Vroom |
| Demelza Randall | ... | Dainty |
 | Rupert Evans | ... | Richard 'Gentleman' Rivers |
| Stephen Wight | ... | Charles |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
181 min (3 parts)Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishColor:
ColorSound Mix:
StereoCertification:
Finland:K-18 (original rating) | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-13 (re-rated) | UK:15MOVIEmeter: 
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Novel writer Sarah Waters makes a cameo as one of the servants, in the scene where young Maud arrives at Briars. moreQuotes:
Maud Lilly: Please don't touch me, stifle me, smother me... pretend to love me.Mrs. Sucksby: Pretend?
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| Maud v Sue's deception | mitoew-1 |
| Book? Agnes? | ciranbowman103 |
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Historical drama is one of the areas where the British just can't be beat. So while i'm not a huge fan of the genre, i can usually be persuaded to watch something lite this if it's British and with decent actors.
I have never read anything by Sarah Waters, which is of course something i should do. Hence i didn't really know what to expect from this. I had heard that there would be a lesbian love story, but not much more. While watching it i found it to be a lot more interesting than i had anticipated. Without saying too much the twists and turns of the plot are unexpected as well as well-crafted. Although there were almost a twist too many somewhere, it took me a minute to get everything straight.
Production values are good, the actors are very solid and the pace is decent, although i found it to be a bit slow in the last half-hour. That might just be me though, i usually have a problem with movies dragging on after the plot is more or less finished. All in all though, this is a fairly enjoyable three hours. I recommend it to anyone interested in historical dramas.