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My Life So Far (1999)
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Imagine a summer in paradise with nothing to do except everything your heart desires.
Overview
A memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son and his older sister. Through the household comes a number of suitors hoping to impress the young woman, including an aviator. When the elder woman's son shows up at the estate with his French fiancé, everything gets thrown into turmoil. The young boy takes a sudden interest in her sexual allure and his father is disturbed by his own non-Victorian feelings.
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Colin Firth
Edward Pettigrew
Rosemary Harris
Gamma MacIntosh
Irène Jacob
Aunt Heloise
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Moira 'Mumsie' Pettigrew
Malcolm McDowell
Uncle Morris MacIntosh
Robert Norman
Fraser Pettigrew
Tchéky Karyo
Gabriel Chenoux
Kelly Macdonald
Elspeth Pettigrew
Roddy McDonald
Rollo
**_Subtle, smart, amusing coming-of-age film in Scotland_** Fraser, who's around 10-11 years-old, lives on one of those huge British manors in 1930 with a strong matriarch, Gammy (Rosemary Harris), and a household staff. Elderly Uncle Morris (Malcolm McDowell) visits with his young French fiancé, Heloise (Irène Jacob), who incites the fascination of both Fraser and his dad, Edward (Colin Firth). Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio plays Edward's wife. Based on a true story, "My Life So Far" (1999) is essentially a coming-of-age tale set in rural Scotland almost a dozen years after WW1 and just a...
