Cast: Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Penelope Wilton, Arancia Cecilia Grimaldi, Guja Jelo, Salvatore Lazaro, Beatrice Gallo, Francesco Di Lera
Rating: R
Studio: Miramax Films
Release date: December 14th, 2001
Synopsis:
Based on the biography Elegy for Iris, by John Bayley, this film depicts the real-life story of British author and lecturer Iris Murdoch. Beginning with what ends up being a 40-year relationship with husband John Bayley, we see Iris both in her youth--as creative artist and teacher at Oxford--and adult life--suffering and eventually dying from Alzheimer's Disease.