Movie Info

Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, some...(read more...) what against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a 'profit sharing' basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect - and does not get - the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.

Director: Kenneth Branagh

MPAA: Unrated

Running Time: 99 min.

Release Date: Sep 10, 1995

Cast: Richard Briers, Hetta Charnley, Joan Collins, Jennifer Saunders, Julia Sawalha