In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from...
In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from her job. Without so much as a redundancy package, Miss Pettigrew realizes that this is a perfect opportunity for her to get out there and live her life ‘to the max’.
She takes a job outside of her comfort level - as a ‘social secretary’. Arriving at a penthouse apartment for the interview, Miss Pettigrew is catapulted into the dizzyingly glamorous world of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse (Enchanted’s Amy Adams).
Within minutes, Miss Pettigrew finds herself swept into a high-society lifestyle in which Delysia is seeing three men; 1) devoted pianist Michael, 2) intimidating nightclub owner Nick, and 3) impressionable junior impresario Phil.
Miss Pettigrew herself is drawn to the gallant Joe (There Will Be Blood’s Ciarán Hinds), a successful designer who is tenuously engaged to haughty fashion meanie Edythe - the one person who senses that the new ‘social secretary’ may be out of her element, and schemes to undermine her.
She takes a job outside of her comfort level - as a ‘social secretary’. Arriving at a penthouse apartment for the interview, Miss Pettigrew is catapulted into the dizzyingly glamorous world of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse (Enchanted’s Amy Adams).
Within minutes, Miss Pettigrew finds herself swept into a high-society lifestyle in which Delysia is seeing three men; 1) devoted pianist Michael, 2) intimidating nightclub owner Nick, and 3) impressionable junior impresario Phil.
Miss Pettigrew herself is drawn to the gallant Joe (There Will Be Blood’s Ciarán Hinds), a successful designer who is tenuously engaged to haughty fashion meanie Edythe - the one person who senses that the new ‘social secretary’ may be out of her element, and schemes to undermine her.
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- Runtime
- 92
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- UK