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Gideon's Daughter

Gideon's Daughter (2005)

Drama | UK

Director: Stephen Poliakoff

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Rating: 7.2/10

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SYNOPSIS

Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson star in a story of grief and celebrity, set in the intense spring and summer of New Labour's election victory and Diana's death. Nighy is a PR guru who has to stop and re-evaluate his world when his daughter threatens to leave his life, perhaps as revenge for his serial infidelities. Richardson plays a mother trying to bury her grief in an unconventional way after the loss of her young son.

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Writer: Stephen Poliakoff

RUNTIME: 105 min

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