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Quick Info

Rating

6.4/10

Release2015

Runtime1h 44m

StatusReleased

Budget$6,000,000

Revenue$41,387,687

Production

BBC Film

TriStar Pictures

Movie

The Lady in the Van

2015

1h 44m

6.4

Comedy

Drama

Synopsis

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

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