CinemaOSMovie · 2001 · 1h 30m

Gentlemen's Relish

50%(8)IMDbComedyRomance

The career of the once successful classical portraitist, Kingdom Swann, has hit bad times. When a leading gallery rejects his work, he seems at the point of giving up. It is only the support of his housekeeper, Violet Askey, that keeps him going and it is she who encourages him to switch to photography. Soon Swann has developed a healthy (and respectable) business with portraits of naked women in classical and exotic settings. However, the nature of Swann's new work is open to misinterpretation and he finds himself at the centre of a scandal involving the misuse of his pictures by a SOHO pornographer, and the focus of a campaign by suffragettes against the expoitation of women. At the same time, he loses the support of the loyal Violet, who leaps to the wrong conclusion about Swann's relationship with one of his models. When Violet then becomes involved in the suffragette and amti-pornography movements, it seems all may be lost for Swann - both professionally...and personally.

Directed byDouglas Mackinnon

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 2001
Studios
BBC FilmIcon Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly

Kingdom Swann

Sarah Lancashire

Sarah Lancashire

Violtet Askey

Douglas Henshall

Douglas Henshall

Cromwell Marsh

Simon Chandler

Simon Chandler

Prestwick

Jamie Bradley

Jamie Bradley

Stanley Gaunt

Dominic Mafham

Dominic Mafham

Lord Thornycroft

Emma Stansfield

Emma Stansfield

Maria Rossetti

Tony Maudsley

Tony Maudsley

Job Agency Manager

Nick Stringer

Edward Shelburne

Chris Middleton

Lanky Parsons

Creative team
Directed by
Douglas Mackinnon
Douglas Mackinnon
Written by
Martn Auty
David Nobbs

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