Movie: The Agency

Top 6 Billed Cast

Gwilym Lee
Gwilym Lee

Alistair

Dexter Fletcher
Dexter Fletcher

John

Lesley Manville
Lesley Manville

Anthea

Ania Sowinski
Ania Sowinski

Hannah

Chanel Cresswell
Chanel Cresswell

Pamela

Elizabeth Boag
Elizabeth Boag

Chesca

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    Adapted from the acclaimed short story by Man Brooker Prize Nominee Sarah Hall. The Agency is a modern and stylish take on middle class female empowerment, amidst the social sub-culture, described collectively as "ladies who lunch". Disillusioned with a decade of domesticity, housewife Hannah Baines (Ania Sowinski), is befriended by an enigmatic older woman Anthea (Lesley Manville,) who introduces a select and seductive inner circle of women. In confidence, Anthea recommends a private and reliable company who "can set up something marvellous" for her. Hannah contemplates the implications of attending her initial consultation, at The Agency.

  • Release Date

    2017-11-23

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    10

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