Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
- coming out
- secret love
- based on novel or book
- england
- homophobia
- forbidden love
- coming of age
- in the closet
- lgbt
- friends in love
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Simon Callow — Mr. Ducie
- Billie Whitelaw — Mrs. Hall
- Barry Foster — Dean Cornwallis
- Judy Parfitt — Mrs. Durham
- Phoebe Nicholls — Anne Durham
- Patrick Godfrey — Simcox
- Mark Tandy — Risley
- Ben Kingsley — Lasker-Jones
- Kitty Aldridge — Kitty Hall
- Helena Michell — Ada Hall
- Catherine Rabett — Pippa Durham
- Directed
- James Ivory
- Written
- Kit Hesketh-Harvey, James Ivory
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 626 ratings
- Studio
- Merchant Ivory Productions, Cinecom Pictures, Maurice Productions, Film4 Productions
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.
