Dreaming of Joseph Lees is a 1999 British romantic drama film directed by Eric Styles and starring Rupert Graves, Samantha Morton and Nicholas Woodeson. It is an adaptation of a story written by Catherine Linstrum set in rural England in the late 1950s. The film was distributed by the Fox Entertainment Group. Samantha Morton's performance in the film won the Evening Standard Award British Film Award for Best Actress.
Synopsis
Set in rural England in the 1950s Eva (Samantha Morton) fantasises about her handsome, worldly cousin Joseph Lees (Rupert Graves), with whom she fell in love as a girl. However, stuck in a closed community she becomes the object of someone else's fantasy, Harry (Lee Ross). When Harry learns that Eva is planning to leave the village in order to live with and look after the injured Lees, he devises a gruesome scheme in order to force her to stay and look after him.
Cast
Rupert Graves - Joseph Lees
Samantha Morton - Eva
Nicholas Woodeson - Mr. Dian
Lee Ross - Harry
Felix Billson - Robert
Lauren Richardson - Janie
Frank Finlay - Father
Vernon Dobtcheff - Italian Doctor
Miriam Margolyes - Signora Caldoni
Holly Aird - Maria
Freddy Douglas - Danny (as Freddie Douglas) Richie Tongé - Nude Model Harry Selby - First Boxer Juan Thomas - Referee Emma Cunniffe - Red-Haired Girl