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Man and Boy is a film of genre Drama directed by Simon Curtis with Ioan Gruffudd
Man and Boy (2002)
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Add to a movie listMan and Boy is a 2002 British television drama film directed by Simon Curtis and starring Ioan Gruffudd, Elizabeth Mitchell and Natasha Little. After a man becomes involved in a brief affair his wife decides to leave him and he is left to bring up their young son by himself. It was based on the novel Man and Boy by Tony Parsons.
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Harry a tout pour être heureux dans la vie. Marié très jeune à la superbe Gina qui lui a donné un fils, Pat, il produit avec succès un talk-show sur une chaîne de télévision londonienne. Mais à l'aube de ses trente ans, l'homme se pose bien des questions sur sa jeunesse perdue. Après une émission particulièrement ratée, il finit la nuit dans le lit de son assistante Jasmine. Un écart de conduite dont Gina a rapidement vent. Effondrée, la jeune femme quitte le domicile conjugal. A la recherche d'un emploi d'interprète, elle décide de tenter sa chance au Japon, laissant pour un temps la garde de Pat à son mari. Harry, qui vient de perdre son emploi, tente tant bien que mal de reconstruire sa vie.Actors
Ioan Gruffudd
(Harry Silver)
Elizabeth Mitchell
(Cyd Mason)
Ian McShane
(Marty Mann)
Shelley Conn
(Jasmin)
Natasha Little
(Gina Silver)
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