Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008 · 1h 32m · Comedy, Drama, Romance · United Kingdom, United States of America · Rated PG-13 (US)
Every woman will have her day.
London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.
Directed by
Bharat NalluriBased on the novel by
Winifred Watson6.7Smart score
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