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Gentlemen's Relish
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Gentlemen's Relish

2001-01-01 · 90 min · ★ 5.0

Comedy · Romance

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.

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Directors
Douglas Mackinnon
Production companies
BBC Film, Icon Productions
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Billy ConnollyBilly ConnollyKingdom Swann
Sarah LancashireSarah LancashireVioltet Askey
Douglas HenshallDouglas HenshallCromwell Marsh
Simon ChandlerSimon ChandlerPrestwick
Jamie BradleyJamie BradleyStanley Gaunt
Dominic MafhamDominic MafhamLord Thornycroft
Emma StansfieldEmma StansfieldMaria Rossetti
Tony MaudsleyTony MaudsleyJob Agency Manager
Nick StringerEdward Shelburne
Chris MiddletonChris MiddletonLanky Parsons
Rebecca JohnsonRebecca JohnsonSarah Rossetti
Katie BlakeKatie BlakeCharlotte Crisp

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