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Ladies in lavender / French title on disc: Parfum de lavande UK Film Council and Baker Street present in association with Future Films and Paradigm Hyde Films, a Take Partnerships production of a Scala Productions film ; produced by Nicolas Brown, Elizabeth Karlsen, Nik Powell ; written and directed by Charles Dance. - Montreal : Alliance Atlantis, [2005] - 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Based on the short story by William J. Locke. Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Includes "Ladies in lavender: a fairy tale" featurette.

Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; editor, Michael Parker ; music, Nigel Hess ; costume designer, Barbara Kidd ; production designer, Caroline Amies. Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; editor, Michael Parker ; music, Nigel Hess ; costume designer, Barbara Kidd ; production designer, Caroline Amies.

Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Nataschia McElhone, Miriam Margolyes, David Warner, Daniel Brühl.

The peaceful life of two aging sisters is shattered when they take in a young Polish violinist who they find injured after having been washed ashore near their coastal English home. Their town is suspicious of any visitors and things get worse when he befriends a Russian woman who is visiting the town.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief strong language; CHV rating: PG.


DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.0 or 2.0.


In English with optional French language tracks and subtitles in English and French.
Closed-captioned.

Standard No.: 065935220855

Publisher. No.: 22085 Alliance Atlantis

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sisters--England--Drama.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
England--Social life and customs--20th century--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.
Historical films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.