Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997
★★★☆☆ 5.7/10
⏱️ 101 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
ComedyDramaRomance
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.

Where to Watch (US)

Stream

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Rent

Amazon Video

Buy

Amazon Video

Cast

Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter
Rosemary
Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant
Gordon Comstock
Julian Wadham
Julian Wadham
Ravelston
Jim Carter
Jim Carter
Erskine
Harriet Walter
Harriet Walter
Julia Comstock
Lesley Vickerage
Lesley Vickerage
Hermione

Crew

Director
Robert Bierman
Writer
Alan Plater
Producer
Robert Bierman, John Wolstenholme, Peter Shaw

Production

BBC Film

Keywords

englandpoetpovertywriter