A memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son and his older sister. Through the household comes a number of suitors hoping to impress the young woman, including an aviator. When the elder woman's son shows up at the estate with his French fiancé, everything gets thrown into turmoil. The young boy takes a sudden interest in her sexual allure and his father is disturbed by his own non-Victorian feelings.
Colin Firth
as Edward Pettigrew
Rosemary Harris
as Gamma MacIntosh
Irène Jacob
as Aunt Heloise
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
as Moira 'Mumsie' Pettigrew
Malcolm McDowell
as Uncle Morris MacIntosh
Robert Norman
as Fraser Pettigrew
Tchéky Karyo
as Gabriel Chenoux
Kelly Macdonald
as Elspeth Pettigrew
Roddy McDonald
as Rollo
Daniel Baird
as Finlay
Jennifer Fergie
as Brenda Pettigrew
Kristin Smith
as Meg
