Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

• 6.784 Drama
• 2008-03-07
• 92 minutes mins

London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.

Starring:

Frances McDormand (Guinevere Pettigrew) Amy Adams (Delysia LaFosse) Lee Pace (Michael Pardew) Ciarán Hinds (Joe Blomfield) Shirley Henderson (Edythe Dubarry) Mark Strong (Nick Caldarelli) Tom Payne (Phil Goldman) Christina Cole (Charlotte Warren) Clare Clifford (Margery) Stephanie Cole (Miss Holt)

Director:

Bharat Nalluri

Writer:

Simon Beaufoy David Magee