Late in 1926 acclaimed mystery writer Agatha Christie disappears after marital problems and creates a media frenzy.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Olivia Williams | ... | Agatha Christie | |
| Anna Massey | ... | Older Agatha | |
| Raymond Coulthard | ... | Archie Christie | |
| Stephen Boxer | ... | Psychiatrist | |
| Anthony O'Donnell | ... | Kenward / Hercule Poirot | |
| Mark Gatiss | ... | Kenyon | |
| Richard Leaf | ... | Gunman | |
| Bonnie Wright | ... | Young Agatha | |
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Celia Montague | ... | Agatha's Mother |
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Vicki Pepperdine | ... | Carlo Fisher |
| Bertie Carvel | ... | Max Mallowan | |
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Rosa Curson Smith | ... | Rosalind |
| Olivia Darnley | ... | Nurse | |
| Edmund Kingsley | ... | Soldier | |
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Tim McMullan | ... | Pharmacist |
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Biopic of sorts about Agatha Christie, the famed mystery writer. The story is told in flashback and from Christie's point of view at two distinctly different times in her life - one through the sessions she had with her psychiatrist after her famous 11 day disappearance in 1926 and the other through recollections she give at interviews with journalists on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the West End run of her play The Mousetrap. Christie had a free and open childhood, shattered somewhat by the death of her father. As a volunteer nurse, she met her first husband, Archie Christie. Much of the film deals with her disappearance in 1926 which came about following her husband's request for a divorce which would allow him to marry the woman with whom he had been having an affair. Her psychiatrist concluded that she had been in some type of fugue state and that her loss of memory was genuine. She eventually re-married, spending much of her time with in Syria and Iraq with ... Written by garykmcd
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22 September 2004 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Agatha Christie: I'm afraid I feel rather like one of your fish, doctor. I read they only have a ten second memory. Once around the bowl is it, I'm afraid.See more »
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There is a freeze-frame of each of the main characters, accompanied by a caption saying what happened to them after the events of the film. Then the caption disappears and there are a few seconds of motion-picture footage, then the frame freezes again and a caption gives the name of the actor. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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"Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures" from 2004 is an attempt, as in the 1979 film Agatha, to examine Christie's mysterious disappearance for 11 days. The theory presented in Agatha was that she was planning to commit suicide in such a way as to frame her husband for murder but is stopped by the Dustin Hoffman character, an American reporter.
A book that examined the disappearance stated that she did it to embarrass her husband and didn't realize the enormity of the drama it would cause.
In this TV movie, she is thought to have been suffering from amnesia, devastated by her husband leaving her, her mother's death, and the pressures of her work.
My own opinion is that she wanted to get away from it all, and due to the fact that she had such a wild imagination, called herself by the last name of her husband's mistress, went to a spa, and lived a fantasy imaginary life for a while. I think her unhappiness drove her to it. I'm not sure I believe she had amnesia - she may have said she did. I think it was a necessary respite.
The title Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures is not really accurate as the movie really only concentrates on her meeting Archie, getting married, and disappearing. Her subsequent marriage is rushed through, and we learn nothing of her interest in spiritualism, something she shared with Conan Doyle. We also don't learn how sick she became of Poirot, calling him at one point "an egocentric creep."
Anna Massey plays the older Christie, and Olivia Williams the younger. I thought Olivia Williams did a good job. Great production values, too.
Agatha Christie was a fascinating and complicated woman. This movie doesn't tell her story, but rather speculates about a mysterious time in her life, a time when I think she acted out a fantasy rather than having a character do it.