UK / Ireland / USA,
1996, 134 min
(Alternative: 129 min)
Directed by:
Trevor NunnCinematography:
Clive TicknerComposer:
Shaun DaveyCast:
Helena Bonham Carter, Nigel Hawthorne, Imogen Stubbs, Ben Kingsley, Mel Smith, Steven Mackintosh, Nicholas Farrell, Imelda Staunton, Toby Stephens (more)Plots(1)
When a shipwreck separates siblings Viola and Sebastian in a foreign land, each thinks the other is dead, and both embark on a series of romantic misadventures involving deception, cross-dressing, dashing counts, obese alcoholics and a perceptive fool who presides over the entire madcap affair. (official distributor synopsis)