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Small Island (2009)
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Synopsis
In 1939 Hortense, illegitimate but intelligent and ambitious, is brought up on Jamaica with the family of charismatic, free-thinking Michael, who joins the Air Force when war breaks out and goes to England. After the war, Hortense, now a qualified teacher, makes a marriage of convenience to Gilbert Joseph, paying for his passage to England on condition he sends for her.
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch
Bernard
Naomie Harris
Hortense
Ruth Wilson
Queenie
Ashley Walters
Michael
Shaun Parkes
Winston
David Oyelowo
Gilbert
Nikki Amuka-Bird
Celia
Hugh Quarshie
Narrator
Rachel Pickup
Mrs. Ryder
Andrew Havill
Mr. Ryder
Karl Johnson
Arthur Bligh
