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Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997

101 minutes

ComedyDramaRomance

Overview

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.

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Top Cast

Helena Bonham Carter headshot

Helena Bonham Carter

Rosemary

Richard E. Grant headshot

Richard E. Grant

Gordon Comstock

Julian Wadham headshot

Julian Wadham

Ravelston

Jim Carter headshot

Jim Carter

Erskine

Harriet Walter headshot

Harriet Walter

Julia Comstock

Lesley Vickerage headshot

Lesley Vickerage

Hermione

Barbara Leigh-Hunt headshot

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Mrs. Wisbeach

Liz Smith headshot

Liz Smith

Mrs Meakin

John Clegg headshot

John Clegg

McKechnie

Malcolm Sinclair headshot

Malcolm Sinclair

Paul Doring

Ben Miles headshot

Ben Miles

Ravenscroft Waiter

Dorothy Atkinson headshot

Dorothy Atkinson

Dora

Mark Chapman headshot

Mark Chapman

Court Room Journalist (uncredited)