A Handful of Dust ★★ 1988 (PG) A dry, stately adaptation of the bitter Evelyn Waugh novel about a stuffy young aristocrat's wife's careless infidelity and how it sends her innocent husband to a tragic downfall. A well-meaning version that captures Waugh's cynical satire almost in spite of itself. Set in post-WWI England. 114m/C VHS. GB James Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Alec Guinness, Anjelica Huston, Judi Dench, Cathryn Harrison, Pip Torrens, John Junkin;
Director:
Charles Sturridge;
Writer:
Charles Sturridge, Tim Sullivan, Derek Granger;
Writer:
Peter Hannan;
Cameo:
George Fenton. British Acad. '88: Support. Actress (Dench).
