Iris

Name: Iris
Genre: Biography, Romance, Drama
Released: 2001
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 3.3
Cast: Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Eleanor Bron

Richard Eyre20011h 31mBiography, Romance, Drama

Why we chose it

Can love beat time and decay? A moving, old-fashioned drama with superb performances from Kate Winslet, Judi Dench, Hugh Bonneville and beloved British character actor Jim Broadbent, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film.

Synopsis

Oxford, the 1950s. The young Iris Murdoch is writing her first novel and leading a rich love life, much to the surprise of shy academic John Bayley. The two marry, and Iris goes on to become a celebrated author. In the 1990s, Iris develops Alzheimer’s and begins to lose her words, leaving her husband to speak for them both.