A Month by the Lake (1995)

  • PG
  • 09/22/1995 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • 1h 32m

Overview

For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This year, 1937, her London society artist father has recently died and the only other English-speaking guests are brash Americans. Then Major Wilshaw arrives. He suggests they meet for cocktails and Miss Bentley stands him up -- not even thinking about it -- as she helps the new nanny of an Italian family settle in. Miss Beaumont, a tall, young American who has dropped out of finishing school in Switzerland, is bored and finds some amusement in flirting with the major, whose libido is awakened for the first time since before the great war. And Miss Bentley now finds more about the major to admire than his ears.

John Irvin

Director

Trevor Bentham

Writer

H. E. Bates

Novel

Cast

Vanessa Redgrave's headshot

Vanessa Redgrave

Miss Bentley
Edward Fox's headshot

Edward Fox

Major Wilshaw
Uma Thurman's headshot

Uma Thurman

Miss Beaumont
Alida Valli's headshot

Alida Valli

Signora Fascioli
Carlo Cartier's headshot

Carlo Cartier

Mr. Bonizzoni
Alessandro Gassmann's headshot

Alessandro Gassmann

Vittorio Balsari
Natalia Bizzi's headshot

Natalia Bizzi

Signora Bonizzoni
Paolo Lombardi's headshot

Paolo Lombardi

Enrico

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