"Follow your dream."

2022

1h 56m

7.3(527 votes)

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Overview

A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.

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10 featured cast members

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Lesley Manville

Ada Harris

Isabelle Huppert

Claudine Colbert

Lambert Wilson

Marquis de Chassagne

Alba Baptista

Natasha

Lucas Bravo

André Fauvel

Ellen Thomas

Vi Butterfield

Rose Williams

Pamela Penrose

Jason Isaacs

Archie

Anna Chancellor

Lady Dant

Roxane Duran

Marguerite

Creative team

Directed by: Anthony Fabian
Written by: Carroll Cartwright
Keith Thompson
Produced by: Anthony Fabian
Xavier Marchand

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