Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Cast

Frances McDormand (Miss Pettigrew)Amy Adams (Delysia)Ciarán Hinds (Joe)David Alexander (Chestnut Seller)Clare Clifford (Margery)Christina Cole (Charlotte Warren)Stephanie Cole (Miss Holt)Beatie Edney (Mrs. Brummegan)Shirley Henderson (Edythe)Sarah Kants (Annabel Darlington)Sally Leonard (Woman at Train Station)Katy Murphy (Miss Holt's Assistant)Lee Pace (Michael)Tom Payne (Phil)Tim Potter (Nightclub Patron)Matt Ryan (Gerry)Mark Strong (Nick)Mo Zinal (Lenny)

Director

Bharat Nalluri

Synopsis

Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.