Film

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

1999 · 1h 32m · Romance · Drama

IMDb

6.3

Rotten Tomatoes

36%

Metacritic

55

Set in rural England in the 1950s Eva fantasises about her handsome, worldly cousin Joseph Lees, with whom she fell in love as a girl. However, stuck in a closed community she becomes the object of someone else's fantasy, Harry. When Harry learns that Eva is planning to leave the village in order to live with and look after the injured Lees, he devises a gruesome scheme in order to force her to stay and look after him.

Rupert Graves

Joseph Lees

Samantha Morton

Eva

Nicholas Woodeson

Mr. Dian

Lee Ross

Harry

Felix Billson

Robert

Vernon Dobtcheff

Italian Doctor

Lauren Richardson

Janie

Margaret John

Aunt Margaret

Miriam Margolyes

Signora Caldoni

Holly Aird

Maria

Frank Finlay

Father

• Eric StylesDirector
• Catherine LinstrumWriter
• Christopher MilburnProducer
• Mark ThomasExecutive Producer
• Steve ChristianExecutive Producer
• Jimmy DiblingDirector of Photography
• Zbigniew PreisnerOriginal Music Composer
• Caroline LimmerEditor
• Carrie HiltonCasting
• Liora ReichCasting

Release date

October 29, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

R

Budget

$2,000,000

Genres

Romance, Drama

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