Jacqueline Tong

Two years after the release of Withnail & I, Richard E. Grant and writer-director Bruce Robinson reunited for a savage attack on Thatcher's Britain and advertising culture. Denis Dimbleby Bagley (Grant) is an ad executive plunged into a nervous breakdown whilst working on a campaign for pimple cream.

In Edwardian England, self-absorbed Angel Deverell escapes her humble roots when her trashy romance novel is a huge success. Embracing fame and fortune she marries a handsome artist, but their lives are changed forever when war breaks out and he enlists in the army.