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The Lady in the Van
2015PG-131h 44m6.4 / 10
A mostly true story
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
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Synopsis
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
More about The Lady in the Van
Cast
Maggie SmithMiss Shepherd
Alex JenningsAlan Bennett
Frances de la TourUrsula Vaughan Williams
Gwen TaylorMam
Dominic CooperTheatre Actor
James CordenStreet Trader
Roger AllamRufus
Samuel AndersonJehovah's WitnessCredits
- Directed by
- Nicholas Hytner
- Written by
- Alan Bennett
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $41.4M
Production
BBC FilmUnited Kingdom
TriStar PicturesUnited States
Themes
alter egobased on novel or bookbased on true storybiographyenglandhomelessnesslondon, englandpoverty
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