Miss Pettigrew lives for a day

The Resource Miss Pettigrew lives for a day
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Miss Pettigrew lives for a day
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Focus Features presents a Kudos Pictures and Keylight Entertainment production ; produced by Nellie Bellflower and Stephen Garrett ; screenplay by David Magee and Simon Beaufoy ; directed by Bharat Nalluri
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  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from her job. Now she must seize the day if she wants a job. She does this by intercepting an employment assignment outside of her comfort level as social secretary. Arriving at a penthouse apartment for the interview, Miss Pettigrew is catapulted into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse. Suddenly, Miss Pettigrew finds herself swept into the world of high society. Within hours she is living it up. Taking the social secretary designation to heart, she tries to help her new friend Delysia navigate both a love life and career. This is complicated by the three men in Delysias life: devoted pianist Michael, intimidating nightclub owner Nick, and impressionable junior impresario Phil. Miss Pettigrew herself is unexpectedly drawn to the gallant Joe, a successful designer who is tenuously engaged to haughty fashion maven Edythe - the one person who senses that the new social secretary may be out of her element and schemes to undermine her. Over the next 24 hours, Guinevere and Delysia will empower each other to discover their romantic destinies
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videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, John de Borman ; editor, Barney Pilling ; music composed by Paul Englishby ; costume designer, Michael O'Connor ; production designer, Sarah Greenwood
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some partial nudity and innuendo
Language note
English or dubbed French dialogue, with optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
PN1995.9.C55
LC item number
M577 2008
PerformerNote
Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace, Ciarán Hinds, Shirley Henderson, Mark Strong
Runtime
92
Series statement
Spotlight series
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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