Gentlemen's Relish
Genres
Overview
The career of the once successful classical portraitist, Kingdom Swann, has hit bad times. When a leading gallery rejects his work, he seems at the point of giving up. It is only the support of his housekeeper, Violet Askey, that keeps him going and it is she who encourages him to switch to photography. Soon Swann has developed a healthy (and respectable) business with portraits of naked women in classical and exotic settings. However, the nature of Swann's new work is open to misinterpretation and he finds himself at the centre of a scandal involving the misuse of his pictures by a SOHO pornographer, and the focus of a campaign by suffragettes against the expoitation of women. At the same time, he loses the support of the loyal Violet, who leaps to the wrong conclusion about Swann's relationship with one of his models. When Violet then becomes involved in the suffragette and amti-pornography movements, it seems all may be lost for Swann - both professionally...and personally.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
90 min
Release Date
2001-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
5
Billy Connolly
Kingdom Swann
Sarah Lancashire
Violtet Askey
Douglas Henshall
Cromwell Marsh
Simon Chandler
Prestwick
Jamie Bradley
Stanley Gaunt
Dominic Mafham
Lord Thornycroft
Emma Stansfield
Maria Rossetti
Tony Maudsley
Job Agency Manager
Nick Stringer
Edward Shelburne
Chris Middleton
Lanky Parsons
Rebecca Johnson
Sarah Rossetti
Katie Blake
Charlotte Crisp
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