''Dreaming of Joseph Lees'' is a 1999 British romantic

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directed by Eric Styles and starring

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and

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. It is an adaptation of a story written by Catherine Linstrum set in rural England in the late 1950s. The film was distributed by the

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's performance in the film won the ''

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'' Award British Film Award for Best Actress.

Synopsis

Set in rural England in the 1950s Eva (Samantha Morton) fantasises about her handsome, worldly cousin Joseph Lees (

), with whom she fell in love as a girl. However, stuck in a closed community she becomes the object of someone else's fantasy, Harry (

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). When Harry learns that Eva is planning to leave the village in order to live with and look after the injured Lees, he devises a gruesome scheme in order to force her to stay and look after him.

Cast

- Joseph Lees *

- Eva *

- Mr. Dian *Lee Ross - Harry *Felix Billson - Robert *Lauren Richardson - Janie *

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- Father *

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- Italian Doctor *

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- Signora Caldoni *Holly Aird - Maria *Freddy Douglas - Danny (as Freddie Douglas) *Richie Tongé - Nude Model *Harry Selby - First Boxer *Juan Thomas - Referee *Emma Cunniffe - Red-Haired Girl

References

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* 1999 films 1999 romantic drama films British romantic drama films Films scored by Zbigniew Preisner Fox Searchlight Pictures films 1990s English-language films 1990s British films {{1990s-UK-film-stub