Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

Actors: Susan Lynch , Gemma Jones , Michael Culkin , Dean Lennox Kelly , Anna Madeley , Alan David , Christine Bottomley , Ted Holden , Maxine Peake , Martin Oldfield , Jemima Foxtrot , Tina O'Brien , Belinda Lazenby , Tessa Peake-Jones , Richenda Carey
Director: James Kent
IMDB Rate: 6.9 out of 10 (59 votes)
Plot Summary:In nineteenth century Yorkshire wealthy orphan Anne Lister lives with an aunt and uncle, anxious for her to marry well and blissfully unaware that she is a lesbian,recording her thoughts and exploits in a coded diary. When her lover Mariana Belcombe makes a marriage of convenience to rich old Charles Lawton,she feels betrayed and,although Mariana visits and has sex with her,the relationship is going nowhere. Helped by old flame Tib she makes a play for innocent Miss Browne but sees she is barking up the wrong tree and diverts herself by renovating the family hall. A drunken Tib almost exposes her secret and scornful mine-owner Christopher Rawson,whose marriage proposal she rejects,tells her that her sexuality is a subject of local gossip. Undeterred Anne meets Ann Walker who becomes her new wife and they open a coal-mine ,living happily together. An end title tells us that Anne Lister died prematurely in 1840 on holiday in Russia.

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