A flat in Ladbroke Grove, West London. 1952. When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and long-repressed passion. Behind the fragile veneer of post-war civility burns a brutal sense of loss and longing.
Helen McCrory
as Hester Collyer
Yolanda Kettle
as Ann Welch
Nick Fletcher
as Mr. Miller
Marion Bailey
as Mrs. Elton
Hubert Burton
as Philip Welch
Peter Sullivan
as William Collyer
Tom Burke
as Freddie Page
Tomiwa Edun
as Jackie Jackson
