My Life So Far (1999)

5.5/10 98 min Comedy Drama

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.

Cast

Colin Firth

Edward Pettigrew

Rosemary Harris

Gamma MacIntosh

Irène Jacob

Aunt Heloise

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Moira 'Mumsie' Pettigrew

Malcolm McDowell

Uncle Morris MacIntosh

Tchéky Karyo

Gabriel Chenoux

Kelly Macdonald

Elspeth Pettigrew

Moray Hunter

Jim Skelly

Brendan Gleeson

Jim Menzies

Sean Scanlan

Andrew Burns

John Bett

Uncle Crawford

Paul Young

Doctor Gebbie

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