The Very Thought of You

May 8, 1998

1h 28m

★ 5.6

Two's Company. Three's a Crowd. Four's a Disaster.

Overview

Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independently meeting, and falling for, Martha, who has no idea of their connection. Slowly the tale unfolds, the narrative moving backwards and forwards gradually filling in the gaps until we see the whole picture

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Banshee

Film4 Productions

Miramax

The Very Thought of You Trailers

Cast

Martha

Monica Potter

Frank

Rufus Sewell

Daniel

Tom Hollander

Laurence

Joseph Fiennes

Pedersen

Ray Winstone

Fluggast

Debora Weston

Jan Pearson

Julian

Rebecca Craig

Paul Bigley

Steven O'Donnell

US Ground Stewardess

Lorelei King

Icelandair Official

Hamish Clark

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