A Sense Of History
22 minutes,
UK (1992),
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(4.8 / 280 votes)
(4.8 / 280 votes)
A tour de force performance from Jim Broadbent in this outstanding film by Mike Leigh. The 23rd Earl of Leete, a British aristocrat, tells his far-from-dull life story.
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A Sense Of History: Jim Broadbent wrote and starred in this short film directed by none other than Mike Leigh. As a member of the landed gentry, the 23rd Earl of Leete has a duty to maintain and expand his lands. Shot in the style and manner of a BBC documentary, Broadbent tells his family history to the crew, who slowly come to realise - as do we - that things are not what they seem...
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