Small Island
2009, Series, 90 min, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 65
War, romance, infidelity and social unrest.
Follow three intricately connected stories of Jamaicans and Londoners involved in World War Two. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as we trace the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK.
Directed by John Alexander
Cast
- Naomie Harris as Hortense
- Hugh Quarshie as Narrator
- Ruth Wilson as Queenie
- David Oyelowo as Gilbert
- Roger Sloman as Mr. Todd
- Ashley Walters as Michael
- Shaun Parkes as Winston
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Bernard
- Rachel Pickup as Mrs. Ryder
- Denise Black as Aunt Dorothy
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