An elderly man pieces together his childhood memories after finding his diary from 1900, which he wrote when he was 13 years old.
Acting
Jim Broadbent's fragile, devastating old Leo.
Cinematography
Golden hour that feels like it's mourning something.
Writing
Adapting L.P. Hartley's 'The past is a foreign country.'
Director
Pete Travis
Joanna Vanderham
Marian Maudsley
Ben Batt
Ted Burgess
Jim Broadbent
Old Leo
Vanessa Redgrave
Older Marian
Lesley Manville
Mrs. Maudsley
Stephen Campbell Moore
Hugh Trimingham
Jack Cutmore-Scott
Denys Maudsley
Jack Hollington
Leo
Samuel Joslin
Marcus Maudsley
Emily Laing
Julia
Tim McMullan
Butler
Tony Pankhurst
Station Porter (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is actually the second BBC adaptation — the first was a 1971 film with Julie Christie and Alan Bates that scandalized audiences.
The cricket match scene is iconic British class warfare in miniature — every polite gesture is a weapon.
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