Storyline:
The movie is a study of a family of country gentry in Victorian England. William Adamson, a young scientist, is introduced into the Alabaster family by Reverend Mr Alabaster who is also fascinated by insects. William marries the older daughter of the family and studies the amounts of insects in the garden of the villa. His - for the gentry - strange behaviors reveal at the same time their own failures and passions.

Cast:
Mark Rylance (as William Adamson), Kristin Scott Thomas (as Matty Crompton), Patsy Kensit (as Eugenia Alabaster Adamson), Jeremy Kemp (as Sir Harald Alabaster), Douglas Henshall (as Edgar Alabaster)

Medium: Unknown,

Comments: 213-240

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1