The Fool (1990 film)

The Fool is a 1990 British film, produced and directed by Christine Edzard from a script by Edzard and Olivier Stockman.

The Fool
Directed byChristine Edzard
Produced byCelia Bannerman
Neville Cawas Bardoliwalla
Written by
Starring
Music byMichel Sanvoisin
CinematographyRobin Vidgeon
Edited byOlivier Stockman
Production
company
Distributed byBarcino Barcino Films S.A.
Release date
  • 7 December 1990 (1990-12-07) (UK)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
Budget£4 million[1]

Plot

The narrative is grounded in the double life of a humble clerk who poses as the reclusive, but widely respected "Sir John." He thus moves in wealthy upper class circles and participates in grand investment schemes while living in a London slum.

The opening credits end with: “This film is dedicated to the anonymous men and women interviewed by Henry Mayhew in London between 1848 and 1861.”

The movie's detailed evocation of life in Victorian London drew on Henry Mayhew's vast personal archive of detailed interviews and vivid descriptions, which first appeared in a series of articles in the Morning Chronicle newspaper and were later compiled into the book London Labour and London Poor (1851).

Cast

Production

Jacobi and Cusack had previously worked with Edzard on her film adaptation of Charles Dickens Little Dorrit in 1988.

The atmospheric camerawork was by British cinematographer Robin Vidgeon.

Notes
  1. "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 22.

References
  • Halliwell's Film Guide 2008, HarperCollins (2007)


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