Movies by Monica Dolan
As part of the cast:
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Sightseers (2012)
Cast: Alice Lowe, Eileen Davies, Steve Oram …
Directed by: Ben Wheatley
Newly coupled Chris and Tina embark on an RV road trip to take in England's unique sights and rolling countryside. But as events and people inadvertently raise Chris's ire, the trip…
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The Arbor (2010)
Cast: Manjinder Virk, Christine Bottomley, Natalie Gavin …
Directed by: Clio Barnard
In this experimental look at the life and work of British playwright Andrea Dunbar, director Clio Barnard asks her actors to lip-synch to an audio "screenplay" she created using interviews…
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King Lear (2009)
Cast: Ian McKellen, Romola Garai, Monica Dolan …
Directed by: Trevor Nunn, Chris Hunt
In this 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company production of the bard's enduring tragedy, Ian McKellen (in an Emmy-nominated role) stars as the world-weary title character, a doting father who…
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Within the Whirlwind (2009)
Cast: Emily Watson, Pam Ferris, Ben Miller …
Directed by: Marleen Gorris
The real-life saga of Russian literature professor Evgenia Ginzburg provides the fodder for this touching drama, which tells the story of her arrest during the Stalinist purges of the 1930s…
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The History of Mr. Polly (2007)
Cast: Lee Evans, Julie Graham, Anne-Marie Duff …
Directed by: Gillies Mackinnon
Lee Evans stars as Alfred Polly, a shopkeeper driven to suicide by depression, a failing business and an irksome wife. But when his plan backfires and he's hailed a hero, he's…
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Wallis & Edward (2005)
Cast: Joely Richardson, Stephen Campbell Moore, David Westhead …
Directed by: Dave Moore
Less than a year after his coronation as king of England in 1936, Edward VIII (Stephen Campbell Moore) abdicates his throne to marry American Wallis Simpson (Joely Richardson), a two-time…
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She Stoops to Conquer (2003)
Cast: Nigel Cooke, Christopher Staines, Ian Redford …
Directed by: Robin Lough
Stage director Max Stafford-Clark offers this production of Oliver Goldsmith's enduring 18th-century farce, which follows the wild ruses of aristocrats and their guests as they seek love…
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996)
Cast: Lindsay Duncan, Alex Jennings, Desmond Barrit …
Directed by: Adrian Noble
This interpretation of Shakespeare's best-loved romantic comedy follows the story of Hermia (Monica Dolan), a young woman of high station who must choose either to agree to an arranged…