Directed by:
Martyn FriendCinematography:
Remi AdefarasinComposer:
Nigel HessCast:
Susan Fleetwood, Gabrielle Anwar, John Gielgud, Jeremy Kemp, Annette Crosbie, Leslie Phillips, Veronica Lazar, Rosemary Leach, Denis Lill, Frederick Trevers, Massimo Sarchielli, Antonino Iuorio (more)Plots(1)
The minute she sets eyes on it, Molly Pargeter (Susan Fleetwood) knows that the Tuscan villa she has found to lease is perfect for her family's summer holiday. She is powerfully drawn to its rustic beauty and to the enigma of its absentee landlord. Never mind that her husband and teenaged daughter are vocally unenthusiastic and that her outrageously extroverted father (Sir John Gielgud) tricks them into taking him along.
As the family goes sightseeing and gathers for candlelit dinners on the terrace, Molly becomes increasingly obsessed with unraveling the secrets of the villa's owner and of the British expatriates and locals they encounter. Her father lends a hand with the sleuthing while remaining on the prowl, zeroing in on a certain rich widow with whom he shares a romantic past.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Gabrielle Anwar
UK
Best series:
Misteri della giungla nera, I (1991) (series)
Once Upon a Time (2011) (series)
Burn Notice (2007) (series)
John Gielgud
UK
Best series:
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
Far Pavilions, The (1984) (series)
Brideshead Revisited (1981) (series)
Jeremy Kemp
UK
Best series:
The Fall Guy (1981) (series)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) (series)
Space: 1999 (1975) (series)
Annette Crosbie
UK
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
After Life (2019) (series)
The Vicar of Dibley (1994) (series)
Leslie Phillips
UK
Best series:
Chancer (1990) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Tales from the Crypt (1989) (series)
Veronica Lazar
Romania
Rosemary Leach
UK
Best series:
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
Sherlock Holmes (1964) (series)
French and Saunders (1987) (series)
Denis Lill
New Zealand
Best series:
Yes, Prime Minister (1986) (series)
Red Dwarf (1988) (series)
Only Fools and Horses.... (1981) (series)
Frederick Trevers
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
To Play the King (1993) (series)
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
Massimo Sarchielli
Italy
Best series:
Série noire (1984) (series)
Crime Evidence (2005) (series)
Don Matteo (2000) (series)
Antonino Iuorio
Italy
Best series:
Crociati (2001) (series)
Caterina e le sue figlie (2005) (series)
Elisa di Rivombrosa (2003) (series)
Siria Betti
Italy
Best series:
King of Cattle (1996) (series)
Carole Mowlam
UK
Best series:
Emmerdale Farm (1972) (series)
Coronation Street (1960) (series)
Stefano Gragnani
Italy
Best series:
Rome (2005) (series)