Oct 30, 2015
104 min
Full-HD

The Lady in the Van (2015)

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

BBC Film TriStar Pictures

Maggie Smith

Miss Shepherd

Alex Jennings

Alan Bennett

Frances de la Tour

Ursula Vaughan Williams

Gwen Taylor

Mam

Dominic Cooper

Theatre Actor

James Corden

Street Trader

Roger Allam

Rufus

Samuel Anderson

Jehovah's Witness

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