Gentlemen's Relish (2001)

Gentlemen's Relish (2001)

2001-01-01 90 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Billy Connolly is Kingdom Swann
Kingdom Swann
Sarah Lancashire is Violtet Askey
Violtet Askey
Douglas Henshall is Cromwell Marsh
Cromwell Marsh
Simon Chandler is Prestwick
Jamie Bradley is Stanley Gaunt
Stanley Gaunt
Dominic Mafham is Lord Thornycroft
Lord Thornycroft
Emma Stansfield is Maria Rossetti
Maria Rossetti
Tony Maudsley is Job Agency Manager
Job Agency Manager
Nick Stringer is Edward Shelburne
Edward Shelburne
Chris Middleton is Lanky Parsons
Lanky Parsons
Rebecca Johnson is Sarah Rossetti
Sarah Rossetti
Katie Blake is Charlotte Crisp
Charlotte Crisp