Plots with a View
- Brenda Blethyn: Betty Rhys- Jones
- Alfred Molina: Boris plots
- Christopher Walken: Frank Featherbed
- Robert Pugh: Hugh Rhys- Jones
- Naomi Watts: Meredith
- Lee Evans: Delbert Butterfield
- Jerry Springer: he himself
Grave whispers - love displaced coffins is a comedy film directed by Nick Hurran from the year 2002.
Action
Betty Rhys- Jones, who lives in Wales in the small town Wrottin - Powys, taking care of her bedridden mother until it chokes on cornflakes. Her husband Hugh is a town councilor and has an affair with his secretary Meredith. The funeral director Boris plots is in love with Betty for decades.
The Americans Frank Featherbed tried to shake with discount prices, and media relations campaigns the market of funeral services in the region. He also organizes unusual funeral services.
Betty begins an affair with Boris. He developed a plan for how Betty can detach from their marriage. He wants to pretend their death. At a dance he staged using the local doctor Bettys " fatal " crash and secures the contract for the funeral. While supposedly faded Betty is laid open, you come with the idea to take revenge as a ghost to her unfaithful husband and his mistress.
Soundtracks
Reviews
- Lisa Nesselson in Variety praised the actors and the script.
- Kevin Crust in the Los Angeles Times praised the " first-class " performers.
Awards
- Nick Hurran was nominated in 2002 for the Golden Hitchcock of the Dinard British Film Festival.
- The film won the 2003 Welsh BAFTA Award ( BAFTA Cymru Award).
Background
The comedy was filmed in Wales.
Stage adaptations
The author Wolfgang Adenberg and the composer Marc Schubring edited the material as a musical to die for, that on 23 February 2013 Theater Hildesheim had its premiere.