Florence Foster Jenkins - Film - British Comedy Guide

2016 film

Comedy-biography about New York socialite and heiress Florence Foster Jenkins, a terrible singer who thinks she is wonderful. Stars Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson, Nina Arianda and more.

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Genre

Film

Released

2016

Stars

Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson, Nina Arianda, David Haig, Brid Brennan, John Kavanagh and more

Writers

Nicholas Martin and Julia Kogan

Director

Stephen Frears

Producers

Michael Kuhn, Tracey Seaward, Cameron McCracken, Christine Langan, Malcolm Ritchie, Nicholas Martin and Nichola Martin

Company

Qwerty Films

Comedy drama telling the inspirational true story of the eponymous New York heiress who obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great singer. The film celebrates the human spirit, the power of music and the passion of amateurs everywhere.

The voice Florence heard in her head was divine, but to the rest of the world it was hilariously awful. At private recitals, her devoted husband and manager, St Clair Bayfield, managed to protect Florence from the truth. But when Florence decided to give her first public concert at New York's Carnegie Hall, St Clair realised he had perhaps bitten off more than he could chew.