Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
The story
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. Young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him, but once on the island, things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies. Gradually, it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.
- based on true story
- based on memoir or autobiography
- deserted island
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Oliver Reed
Gerald Kingsland
Amanda Donohoe
Lucy Irvine
Georgina Hale
Sister Saint Margaret
Frances Barber
Sister Saint Winifred
- Tony Rickards — Jason
- Todd Rippon — Rod
- John Sessions — Man in Pub
- Virginia Hey — Janice
- Sorel Johnson — Laura
- Len Peihopa — Ronald
- Paul Reynolds — Mike Kingsland
- Sean Hamilton — Geoffrey Kingsland
- Sarah Harper — Swimming Teacher
- Stephen Jenn — Shop Manager
- Joseph Blatchley — Registrar
- Directed
- Nicolas Roeg
- Written
- Lucy Irvine, Allan Scott
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 124 ratings
- Studio
- United British Artists (UBA), The Cannon Group
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
