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American Friends (1991)

American Friends (1991)

Comedy Romance

An education in love

Release Date: 1991, March 22
Directors: Tristram Powell
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Prominent Features, Mayday, Millenium, BBC, British Screen Productions, British Screen
Cast: Alfred Molina, Fred Pearson, Roger Lloyd Pack, Alun Armstrong, Simon Jones, Robert Eddison, David Calder, Michael Palin, Connie Booth, Charles McKeown, Arthur Howard, Bryan Pringle

Overview:

Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby finds he enjoys their company, particularly that of Elinor, and both the women are drawn to him. Back at Oxford he is nevertheless taken aback when they arrive unannounced. Women are not allowed in the College grounds, let alone the rooms. Indeed any liaison, however innocent, is frowned on by the upstanding Fellows.

Keywords:

19th century romantic costume drama