In a shabby apartment in Moscow an American journalist questions a retired spy about his betrayal of his native England and his subsequent defection to the USSR. The answers take them back to 1932 where in the closed atmosphere of a British boy's school young Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) realizes that his attraction to his classmates is more than a passing phase. There in an environment permeated by desire and denial in the wake of a gay classmate's suicide Bennett falls desperately in love with a younger student James Harcourt (Cary Elwes) and is introduced... to Marxism by Tommy Judd (Colin Firth) his most loyal friend. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Another Country tells the story of Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) and Tommy Judd (Colin Firth) teenage friends at an elite English public school during the summer of 1931 Clever hedonistic and gay Bennett is in his penultimate year of school and the future looks bright He is convinced he will rise to the heights of his chosen career in the diplomatic service by eventually being appointed Ambassador in Paris His best friend Judd committed to Lenin&39;s &39;brave new world&39; despises such bourgeois aspirations Homosexuality honesty and hypocrisy are the main themes in this coming-of-age film based on the award winning play by Julian Mitchell Actors Rupert Everett Colin Firth Michael Jenn Robert Addie Rupert Wainwright Tristan Oliver Cary Elwes Frederick Alexander Adrian Ross Magenty Geoffrey Bateman Philip Dupuy Guy Henry Jeffrey Wickham John Line & Gideon BoultingDirector Marek KanievskaCertificate 15 years and overYear 1984Languages English - Dolby Digital (51)Subtitles English For The Hearing ImpairedDuration 1 hour and 25 minutes (approx)Region Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players
A film that centres around the life of Guy Burgess (Rupert Everett) and why he became a communist spy for the U.S.S.R. We learn of his homosexuality at Eton college and the subsequent public school pressures which were an influence on his life.
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