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Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution  (12A)   102 mins

"She left the land of Marks & Spencer and went to the world of Marx and Lenin."

Based (honestly!) on a true story, and filmed in Yorkshire and Hungary, Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution is a feelgood comedy following one dysfunctional family's journey from 1968 West Yorkshire to 19 below freezing East Germany and back again. Mr Ratcliffe (Iain Glen) is a dedicated communist who applies, without consulting his family - wife, two children, brother-in-law -  for a teaching post in what was then East Germany. He is offered the post - teaching English Literature - and moves them there en masse.  Mrs Ratcliffe (Catherine Tate), a put-upon housewife, is more interested in her family than in politics, and has her work cut out dealing with her daughters - a teenage sex goddess, and a twelve year old communist spy. How long will it be before the worm turns?

"Refreshing comedy drama . . . Pleasingly anarchic." BBC-movies

"Tate's subtle characterisation is one of the movie's major pluses."  Skymovies

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Showing:

23-Jan        Codford St Peter

Last modified: 06-Mar-2008

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