Film

Mysterious Creatures

2006 · 1h 9m · Drama · TV Movie

A family bound by love, but torn apart by despair.

IMDb

7.3

Feature-length ITV drama based on real events. Bill and Wendy Ainscow (Timothy Spall and Brenda Blethyn) are a middle class, middle-aged Birmingham couple locked in a deeply dysfunctional relationship with their 32-year-old daughter Lisa (Rebekah Staton). In a culmination of years spent unsuccessfully trying to obtain a diagnosis and get state help to deal with with Lisa's condition - which eventually turns out to be Asperger's syndrome - Bill and Wendy are ultimately driven to desperate measures with tragic consequences.

Timothy Spall

Bill Ainscow

Brenda Blethyn

Wendy Ainscow

Rebekah Staton

Lisa Ainscow

Judy Flynn

Anne Buckley

David Crellin

David Kirwan

Stephen Boxer

Martyn Bowler

Alistair Galbraith

Dr. David Yorke

Mark Penfold

Judge Bryn

Gary Cargill

Merseyside PC 1

Nicholas Gleaves

Richard Nicholas

Noma Dumezweni

Chanelle Pinkerton

• David EvansDirector
• Gwyneth HughesWriter

Release date

October 29, 2006

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 9m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie