A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.
Gemma Arterton
as Alice
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
as Vera
Penelope Wilton
as Older Alice
Tom Courtenay
as Mr. Sullivan
Lucas Bond
as Frank
Dixie Egerickx
as Edie
Siân Phillips
as Margaret Corey
Amanda Root
as Mrs. Lawrence
Jessica Gunning
as Mrs. Bassett
David Horovitch
as Albert
Martina Laird
as Older Vera
Amanda Lawrence
as Muriel
