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Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997·Movie·1h 41mPG

Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.0 / 10 (20 votes)

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.

Directed by
Robert Bierman
Original language
English
Released
20 November 1997

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Last verified 2 Nov 2026

Cast

  • Helena Bonham Carter

    Helena Bonham Carter

    Rosemary

  • Richard E. Grant

    Richard E. Grant

    Gordon Comstock

  • Julian Wadham

    Julian Wadham

    Ravelston

  • Jim Carter

    Jim Carter

    Erskine

  • Harriet Walter

    Harriet Walter

    Julia Comstock

  • Lesley Vickerage

    Lesley Vickerage

    Hermione

  • Barbara Leigh-Hunt

    Barbara Leigh-Hunt

    Mrs. Wisbeach

  • Liz Smith

    Liz Smith

    Mrs Meakin

  • John Clegg

    John Clegg

    McKechnie

  • Malcolm Sinclair

    Malcolm Sinclair

    Paul Doring

  • Ben Miles

    Ben Miles

    Ravenscroft Waiter

  • Dorothy Atkinson

    Dorothy Atkinson

    Dora