Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister’s local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a ‘profit sharing’ basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect – and does not get – the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.
Release Date: 16 February 1996Runtime: 99 min
Stars:
- Allie Byrne
- Ann Davies
- Celia Imrie
- Gerard Horan
- Hetta Charnley
- James D. White
- Jennifer Saunders
- Joan Collins
- John Sessions
- Julia Sawalha
- Mark Hadfield
- Michael Maloney
- Nicholas Farrell
- Richard Briers
- Robert Hines
Director: Kenneth Branagh
