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Desperate Romantics
(2009) release date: July 21st, 2009 production company: BBC
Directed by Paul Gay & Diarmuid Lawrence Screenplay by
Peter Bowker & Franny Moyle
Music Composed and Produced
by Daniel Pemberton Orchestrated and Conducted by Andrew Skeet Recorded at
Abbey Road Studios,
London, UK
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Synopsis With a glossy look and a driving
contemporary soundtrack, Desperate Romantics is a
character-driven romp through the alleyways, studios, brothels
and chop-houses of 19th century London. In 1851, London is in
the throes of the industrial revolution. But among the dirty
red bricks and smoke stacks are four young, thrill-seeking
artists - steadfast William Holman Hunt (Rafe Spall, Hot Fuzz,
Bram Stoker’s Dracula), naive John Millais (Samuel Barnett, John Adams,
The History Boys), mischievous Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Aidan Turner,
Being Human) and budding journalist Fred Walters (Sam
Crane, Midsomer Murders) - otherwise known as the Brotherhood. Their quest
for artistic immortality takes them into some of the
lewdest, darkest and funniest corners of the city. Joining them
is sassy, sexy model Lizzie Siddal (Amy Manson, Being Human, Casualty).
But is she risking it all with this dangerous
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