CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1985
Turtle Diary posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1985 1h 37m GBR

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Glenda Jackson

Glenda Jackson

Neaera Duncan

Rosemary Leach

Rosemary Leach

Mrs. Charlie Inchcliff (landlady)

Eleanor Bron

Miss Neap (Flora)

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

William Snow

Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon

George Fairbairn (turtle keeper)

Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne

The Publisher

Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson

Mr. Johnson (Neaera's neighbor)

Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter

Harriet Sims (bookstore clerk)