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Small Island (2009)
Directed by John Alexander
Overview
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.
Length 180 minutes
Actors
Naomie Harris | Shaun Parkes | Hugh Quarshie | David Oyelowo | Karl Johnson | Ruth Wilson | Ashley Walters | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nikki Amuka-Bird | Andrew Havill | Rachel Pickup