Driving Lessons
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jeremy Brock
Rupert Grint
Julie Walters
Laura Linney
Nicholas Farrell
Tamsin Egerton
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Shy and downtrodden Ben dreads yet another dreary school holiday coming around. Seventeen years of living in an absurdly conservative and traditional household with his highly-strung and overbearing mother and quiet, mild mannered vicar father have taken its toll on young Ben. While the other kids are out having fun, Ben spends these precious few weeks attending bible classes, having driving lessons with his mother and helping out at a local old people's home. However, Ben's world is turned upside down when he's employed by an eccentric retired actress Evie. Vulgar, dignified and childish all at once, she certainly is not the kind of person Ben expected when searching through the job listings in the stuffy parish magazine, "Hello Jesus". Evie enters Ben's life with a cataclysmic force, whisking him away on a series of adventures from camping, to performing Shakespeare in the garden, to attending the Edinburgh festival--where he finally meets a girl much nearer his own age. Evie's unconventional and often downright bizarre behavior challenges Ben's beliefs, and forces him to confront the very idea of who he wants to be. Then, when it seems that his new-found freedom is about to be taken away, Ben has to suddenly choose; should he continue to conform, or break out and live his life as his own man?
Director
Jeremy Brock
Cast
Rupert Grint
Julie Walters
Laura Linney
Nicholas Farrell
Tamsin Egerton
Michelle Duncan
Jim Norton
Oliver Milburn
Rose Keegan
Rupert Holliday-evans
Chandra Ruegg
John Yule
Jordan Young
Rita Davies
Surinder Duhra
Iain Mccoll
Crew
Chrissie Baker
Jeremy Brock
Alessandro Camon
Clive Carroll
Julia Chasman
Susan D'arcy
Alexandra Ferguson
Sandra Frieze
Konrad Jay
Priscilla John
Robert Jones
Robert Jones
David Katznelson
Jay Maidment
Amanda Mcarthur
Bridget Menzies
Colin Nicolson
Robin Fraser Paye
Edward Pressman
John Reid
John Renbourn
Algi Sloane
Cindy Thomson
Trevor Waite
Tim Wellspring
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 13, 2006
Released in United States on Video July 3, 2007
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States August 2006
Released in United States October 2006
Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (Discovery) April 25 - May 7, 2006.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (British Gala) August 14-27, 2006.
Shown at Rome Film Festival (Alice Nella Citta) October 13-21, 2006.
Feature directorial debut for Jeremy Brock.
Released in United States Fall October 13, 2006 (NY, LA)
Released in United States on Video July 3, 2007
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (Discovery) April 25 - May 7, 2006.)
Released in United States August 2006 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (British Gala) August 14-27, 2006.)
Released in United States October 2006 (Shown at Rome Film Festival (Alice Nella Citta) October 13-21, 2006.)
