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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 12A

Cast Maggie Smith Tom Courtenay Pauline Collins Billy Connolly

Directors Dustin Hoffman

Screenwriters Ronald Harwood

Running Time 99 minutes

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Dustin Hoffman picks up the baton

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Plot
Beecham House, a grand country pile where former opera singers live out their retirements, is playing host to a concert in celebration of Verdi's birthday. But the arrival of one of the residents' ex-wife, a diva named Jean (Smith), brings chaos in tow.

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