
A moving and tender depiction of the novelist Iris Murdoch's descent into Alzheimer's Disease, covering the period from just before her marriage to intellectual John Bayley until her death. The film is based on the two books by John Bayley (Iris, Iris & The Friends).
Judi DenchIris Murdoch
Jim BroadbentJohn Bayley
Kate WinsletYoung Iris Murdoch
Tom MannionNeurologist
Penelope WiltonJanet StoneTimothy West who plays "Older Maurice" and Samuel West who plays "Young Maurice" are father and son.
Iris Murdoch:
There is only one freedom of any importance, freedom of the mind.
Boom mic visible: When John gets his coat caught against the chair at the pub, a boom mike can be seen in the mirror behind him.
Music: Traditional tune: Caisleán U, Néill
Lyrics by Samuel Ferguson (about 1850)
With more than a million titles, it isn't feasible to handpick recommendations for every film. That's why we came up with a formula to suggest titles that fit along with the selected one. The formula uses factors such as user votes, genre and keywords to generate an automatic response. The system produces relevant results most of the time but since recommended titles are not manually chosen, occasionally they may include less than perfect matches.