Felicity Kendal and Paul Eddington star as Helena and Richard Cuthbertson in this classic ... more
adaptation of Mary Wesley's much-acclaimed second novel directed by Peter Hall. It is August 1939 and five young cousins gather on the Camomile Lawn behind Aunt...
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Adapted from the novel by Mary Wesley,The Camomile Lawnproved one of Channel Four's most ... more
successful dramas, telling an intricate story set during World War II and over two days in 1984. In this portrait of the Home Front in Cornwall and London in the B...
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Behind the large house the fragrant camomile lawn stretches down to the Cornish cliffs. ... more
Here in the dizzying heat of August 1939 five cousins have gathered at their aunt's house for their annual ritual of a holiday. For most of them it is the last summer of their youth with the heady exhilarations and freedoms of lost innocence as well as the fears of the coming war. "The Camomile Lawn" moves from Cornwall to London and back again over the years telling the stories of the cousins their family and their friends united by shared losses and lovers by family ties and the absurd conditions imposed by war as their paths cross and recross over the years. Mary Wesley presents an extraordinarily vivid and lively picture of wartime London: the rationing imaginatively circumvented; the fallen houses; the parties the new-found comforts of sex the desperate humour of survival - all of it evoked with warmth clarity and stunning wit. And through it all the cousins and their friends try to hold on to the part of themselves that laughed and played dangerous games on that camomile lawn.
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Set in August, 1939, this story moves from Cornwall to London and back again, over the ... more
years, telling the stories of five cousins who have gathered at their aunt's house for their annual ritual of a holiday. It presents a picture of wartime London: the rationing, the fallen houses, the parties, the new-found comforts of sex, and more.
August 1939. Five cousins gather for the annual summer ritual of a holiday in Cornwall; ... more
for most of them it is the last summer of their youth. The heady exhilarations of the freedoms brought by loss of innocence, and fear, are round the corner. War will change everything.
Felicity Kendal and Paul Eddington star as Helena and Richard Cuthbertson in this classic ... more
adaptation of Mary Wesley's much acclaimed second novel, directed by Peter Hall.It is August 1939 and five young cousins gather on the camomile lawn behind Aunt Helena's house for one last terror run along the Cornish cliffs. The imminent outbreak of war brings with it a heady sense of exultation and freedom, and for Oliver, Calypso, Polly, Walter and young Sophie, the camomile lawn becomes the touchstone for their lost innocence.
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War-time drama based on the novel by Mary Wesley which follows the triumphs and tragedies of a large family. The summer of 1939 finds a couple and their niece preparing for a visit to Cornwall to visit other nieces and nephews.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
4DVD; SPIRIT LEVEL FILM; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, CINEMA CLUB; SONY DADC
Catalogue No
CCD 9670
Release date
14/04/2003
Barcode
5014138296704
No of Discs
2
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital Stereo English
Aspect Ratio
4:3 Full Frame
Sound
Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Stereo
Professional reviews
Review
"...Glamour and sheer sexiness..." (Daily Mail, )
"...Refreshing, honest and funny..." (Daily Mirror, )
"...Lavish adaptation..." (The Independent, )
DVD Description
Based on the novel by Mary Wesley, THE CAMOMILE LAWN is set in Cornwall in August 1939, the eve of the Second World War.This series opens at a summer gathering of the sprawling Cuthbertson family in the idyllic countryside, a reunion darkened by the gathering clouds of WWII. At turns dramatic, gossipy, comedic, and tragic, the series follows the young Cuthbertson cousins as their lives are torn asunder by the traumas of the war and also by their sexual experiences.
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