My Life So Far

Released 1999
Stars Robbie Norman, Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Irène Jacob, Tchéky Karyo, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Malcolm McDowell
Directed by Hugh Hudson

Delightful memoir of growing up in an eccentric family, set in the Scottish highlands during the 1920s and '30s. Firth is a dreamer/inventor, Mastrantonio his patient wife, McDowell his scheming man-about-town brother who has no patience for Firth's peccadilloes, and Jacob the alluring Frenchwoman who captures the imagination of every male in the household. Spirited, funny, and handsomely made. Based on the book Son of Adam by Sir Denis Forman.

Summary by Leonard Maltin  

 

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