Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (PG) September 2, 2008

Dir: Bharat Nalluri
UK 2008 92mins
Cast: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Shirley Henderson

In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew (McDormand), a middle-aged governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. Without so much as severance pay, Miss Pettigrew realises that she must seize the day. Intercepting an employment assignment outside of her comfort level - as a 'social secretary' and arriving at a penthouse apartment for the interview, Miss Pettigrew is catapulted into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse (Adams). Within minutes, Miss Pettigrew finds herself swept into a heady high-society mileu - and, within hours, living it up. Over the next 24 hours, Guinevere and Delysia will empower each other to discover their romantic destinies.

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