Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day poster
Screenplay David Magee, Simon Beaufoy
Director Bharat Nalluri

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Tagline: Every woman will have her day.

Release Date: 2008-03-07

Duration: 92 minutes

Synopsis

London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.

Casting

  • Mark Strong
    Nick Caldarelli
  • Amy Adams
    Delysia LaFosse
  • Ciarán Hinds
    Joe Blomfield
  • Shirley Henderson
    Edythe Dubarry
  • Christina Cole
    Charlotte Warren
  • Frances McDormand
    Guinevere Pettigrew
  • Lee Pace
    Michael Pardew
  • Beatie Edney
    Mrs. Brummegan
  • Tom Payne
    Phil Goldman
  • Katy Murphy
    Miss Holt's Assistant