Can lovestruck Lovewell (Paul Nicholls), a humble clerk, win the fair hand of Fanny (Natasha Little), the youngest daughter of Lovewell's employer, Sir Robert Sterling (Timothy Spall)? Preoccupied with social climbing, Sir Robert and his snooty sister Lady Heidelberg (Joan Collins) are busy planning the wedding of Fanny's older sister Betsy (Emma Chambers) to Sir John Ogleby (Tom Hollander), the doltish son of prominent Lord Ogleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Lord Ogleby, who's secretly insolvent, welcomes the merger of Sterling money and Ogleby class. Meanwhile, fickle Sir John, shifting his affections, enlists Lovewell's aid in courting... Fanny. Poor Lovewell is understand...
Released:
1999
Rated:
NR
Length:
87 mins