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Release year: 1999

Storyline

Rosie and Vincent know each other for ten years, and are married for five. She doesn't like her job, he isn't too pleased working with her dad. They're trying to have a baby. One morning Benoit, a Frenchman and former pen pal of Rosie.

Top credits

Directors

Michael Winterbottom

Writers

John Forte

Cast

Christopher Eccleston — Vincent Boyd
Dervla Kirwan — Rosie Boyd
Yvan Attal — Benoit
Julie Graham — Cathy

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Did you know

• The role of Vincent Boyd was originally written and intended for actor James Nesbitt. When he turned down the role, Michael Winterbottom offered the role to Christopher Eccleston, who had starred in an earlier movie of his, Jude. Years later, Christopher Eccleston unable due to scheduling conflicts suggested James Nesbitt for the dad's role in Danny Boyle's Millions to which he accepted

• Due in part to suffering from body dysmorphia, Christopher Eccleston had a hard time filming the nude scenes in the movie

• Lloyd Hutchinson and Michael Liebmann had worked together previously in the television play Scout (1987) (1987) directed by Danny Boyle