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A Family Affair. Image shows left to right: Margaret (Jane Asher), Edward (Joe Wilkinson), Helen (Laura Aikman)
A Family Affair

A Family Affair

  • 2024 film

Joe Wilkinson plays a cash-strapped hotel manager forced to stave off interest from wealthy buyers at a public auction whilst hosting his in-laws on their wedding anniversary. Also features Colin Hoult, Laura Aikman, Jane Asher, Michael Maxwell, David Sherwood and Jazzara Jaslyn

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A Family Affair. Edward (Joe Wilkinson)

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
2024
Stars
Joe Wilkinson, Colin Hoult, Laura Aikman, Jane Asher, Michael Maxwell, David Sherwood and Jazzara Jaslyn
Writer
Warren Fischer
Director
Warren Fischer
Producer
Joan Lane
Company

Husband and wife Edward and Helen have invested in a quaint country manor house that they operate as a silent, spiritual retreat. But after months of poor performance and scathing online reviews, the bank is threatening to foreclose on the property.

Unbeknownst to Helen, these threats have culminated in a public auction of the house which could ruin the fortieth wedding anniversary of her parents, Margaret and Walter. Meanwhile, Albert, Edward's father, supposedly mourning the recent loss of his wife, arrives at the celebrations with a much younger date, who takes an instant fancy to Walter, mistakenly believing him to be old-moneyed.

Edward suspects some of the guests may actually be buyers and has to stave off the threat of losing the house while trying to placate his difficult mother-in-law, who never seems to have liked him. Fortunately, Rhys, the retreat's resident spiritual guru, brings some calm to the situation in the form of a really strong "organic" sedative.

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UK certificate
15
Duration
72 minutes
UK release
Monday 20th May 2024
Produced
2022
Distributors

Lightbulb Film Distribution

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Camera set-up
Single camera
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