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The Lady in the Van

The Lady in the Van

6,4 /10 (816 Votes)
2015 EN 104 min

Overview

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

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Release date

30/10/2015

Votes

816

Popularity

4.1

A mostly true story

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

104 min

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$41,387,687

Website

www.bbc.co.uk

Original Soundtrack

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Reno

Reno

2016-05-04

⭐ 8

> According to her guidance, this is where it should go! Her legend continues. I was talking about Maggie Smith, she's 82 years old and still her performances can compete with younger generation actors. The story was narrated from someone's perspective about the role she played, that's why it's little weakened, otherwise if she was in solo, it would have been an Oscar worthy. Incidentally, that someone was an actual writer, so the film ended up portraying her very well, beside himself. Inspired by the real story of an old lady who lived in a van for the 15 years during the 70s in the Lon…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-05-10

⭐ 7

As the writer himself acknowledges at the end, he's augmented this a little but most of it is already the stuff you couldn't make up! He buys a new home in a well-to-do street in London's Camden only to find the area "blighted" by a curmudgeonly and smelly old woman who lives out of her rusting old van. When it comes time for her to move on, she ends up parked outside his new home and prevails upon him to use his facilities. That's just the start of a friendship that develops over fifteen years in which Bennett (Alex Jennings) discovers that this is an interesting and talented lady. It's quite…

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