Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Plot

In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from her job. Without so much as severance pay, Miss Pettigrew realizes that she must--for the first time in two decades--seize the day. This she does, by intercepting an employment assignment outside of her comfort level--as "social secretary." Arriving at a penthouse apartment for the interview, Miss Pettigrew is catapulted into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse. Within minutes, Miss Pettigrew finds herself swept into a heady high-society milieu--and, within hours, living it up. Taking the "social secretary" designation to heart, she tries to help her new friend Delysia navigate a love life and career, both of which are complicated by the three men in Delysia's orbit; devoted pianist Michael, intimidating nightclub owner Nick, and impressionable junior impresario Phil. Miss Pettigrew herself is blushingly drawn to the gallant Joe, a successful designer who is tenuously engaged to haughty fashion maven Edythe--the one person who senses that the new "social secretary" may be out of her element, and schemes to undermine her. Over the next 24 hours, Guinevere and Delysia will empower each other to discover their romantic destinies.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.

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  Amy Adams

  Nightbitch, Man of Steel

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  Lee Pace

  The Running Man, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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  Ciaran Hinds

  Small Things Like These, In The Land of Saints and Sinners

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  Mark Strong

  The End We Start From, The Silent Hour

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  Shirley Henderson

  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, In Secret

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  Christina Cole

  What a Girl Wants

Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Bharat Nalluri last directed Shantaram (Series) and The Man Who Invented Christmas. The film's writer Simon Beaufoy last wrote Battle of the Sexes and Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.

Director

Bharat Nalluri

Screenwriters

Simon Beaufoy
David Magee

Production Details

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Key Facts

• Based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Winifred Watson.

Production Updates for Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Dec 2004

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