The Playlist has posted the UK trailer for Stephen Frears‘ Tamara Drewe, a comedic graphic novel adaptation which received a pretty warm welcome at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Frears is best known for directing High Fidelity and The Queen; his most recent effort was 2009’s Cheri, which ended up being a bit of a critical disappointment.
The screenplay for Tamara Drewe was written by Moira Buffini, who also wrote the script for the upcoming Jane Eyre film starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. Tamara Drewe will receive a U.S. release on October 8th, courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. The embedded trailer and plot synopsis can be found below.
Plot: Acclaimed director, Stephen Frears (THE QUEEN) brings to life Posy Simmonds’ comic strip, serialised in The Guardian from 2005-2007, starring Gemma Arterton (ST TRINIAN’S, QUANTUM OF SOLACE) as glamorous newspaper columnist Tamara Drewe and Dominic Cooper (MAMMA MIA!, AN EDUCATION).
Once a shy and unattractive teenager from a small rural idyll, Tamara’s past catches up with her when she returns to the village and has to face an old flame. With a rock star boyfriend back in London she gets caught in a love triangle and becomes the focus of gossiping locals.
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