High Season

Sep 1, 1987

1h 34m

★ 5.0

Overview

On the isle of Rhodes, Katherine, an expatriate English photographer, lives with her daughter. A young local wants to encourage tourism, so he commissions a sculpture of the Unknown Tourist for the town square; the sculptor he brings to Rhodes is Kate's ex-husband. Also there to see Kate is Sharp, an aging antiquarian and her dear friend. He has something important to tell her. As Kate, her ex, and Sharp sort out things that go back years, two English tourists bumble about, one thinking he's fallen in love with Kate, his wife thinking she's found her own lover. A rare vase, a spy, old friendships, the statue's unveiling, and off-hand English sorting-out play into the resolution.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

British Screen Productions

Film4 Productions

Hemdale Film Corporation

High Season Trailers

Cast

Katherine Shaw

Jacqueline Bisset

Patrick

James Fox

Penelope

Irene Papas

Sharp

Sebastian Shaw

Rick

Kenneth Branagh

Carol

Lesley Manville

Konstantinis

Robert Stephens

Thompson

Geoffrey Rose

Yanni

Paris Tselios

Chloe

Ruby Baker

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