Plot
Various Londeners meet people in Hampstead Heath park. Financial adviser Billy, a successful casual sex seeker...
Release Year: 2006
Rating: 6.0/10 (2,627 voted)
Director:
Ed Blum
Stars: Holly Aird, Eileen Atkins, Hugh Bonneville
Storyline Various Londeners meet people in Hampstead Heath park. Financial adviser Billy, a successful casual sex seeker, discusses the pros, contras and how of his child-wish. Cheeky Noel innocent pick-up lines lead only to cruelty from girls, once even abandoned jeans on ankles. Gerry's promising blind date picnic ends as abruptly when his business partner turns up, who just agreed a Barbados holiday with his steady girl. Eddie discovers trough a date mix-up that Iris, his ripe age, who come to the same park weekly too but a day earlier, was his prospective mate until they each met their now late partners decades ago. Pete comes settle the end of a marriage that shouldn't have happened except for his daughter.
Cast: Holly Aird
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Molly
Eileen Atkins
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Iris
Hugh Bonneville
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Gerry
Tom Hardy
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Noel
Douglas Hodge
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Brian
Adrian Lester
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Pete
Andrew Lincoln
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Jamie
Ewan McGregor
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Billy
Gina McKee
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Julia
Elle Mckenzie
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Eve
Sophie Okonedo
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Anna
Eglantine Rembauville-Nicolle
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Sophie
(as Eglantine Rembauville)
Nicholas Sidi
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Ludo
(as Nick Sidi)
Mark Strong
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Louis
Catherine Tate
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Sara
Filming Locations: Hampstead Heath, Hampstead, London, England, UK
Box Office Details
Budget: £260,000
(estimated)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
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Did You Know?
Trivia:
Director Ed Blum and writer Aschlin Ditta are former schoolmates.
Quotes:
[from trailer]
Iris:
Other people's lives are fascinating.
User Review
A very intelligent and subtle film - all who took part are to be commended
Rating: 9/10
Scenes of a Sexual Nature is a very intelligent and subtle film. It is
skilfully crafted, beautifully shot and with superb acting. Only the
most jaded and cynical could fail to appreciate this film – the best
film I have seen so far this year.
It is film that has many twists and turns, some more obvious than
others, but even the obvious twists are still enjoyable. Not a lot
happens in the film, the pace is slow and meandering but not so slow
that ones interest is lost and it never becomes dull. The film examines
the minutia of various relationships with great tenderness and wit and
like they say the Devil is in the detail. It is the small things that
give meaning – relationships are more often damned or celebrated
because of the minutia rather than the big gestures. It is the
day-to-day content that either holds relationships together or tares
them apart.
This film, which in turn is offers us charm, humour, sadness and
pathos, offers no great thrills, shocks or drama (one can't help
wondering how many people did not see this film at the cinema because
of the title or in deed how many went because of the title and were
disappointed not to find what they thought they would) nor any great
love story, it is not a film that paints large – more like a small
water colour but like some water colours it is non-the-less beautifully
painted.
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