Separate Lies

Separate Lies
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJulian Fellowes
Written byJulian Fellowes (screenplay)
Based onA Way Through the Wood
by Nigel Balchin
Produced bySteve Clark-Hall
Christian Colson
StarringTom Wilkinson
Emily Watson
Rupert Everett
Linda Bassett
Richenda Carey
CinematographyTony Pierce-Roberts
Edited byAlex Mackie
Martin Walsh
Music byStanislas Syrewicz
Production
companies
Distributed byFox Searchlight Pictures
Release date
  • 16 September 2005 (2005-09-16) (U.S.)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Separate Lies is a 2005 British drama film directed by Julian Fellowes, who also wrote the screenplay, updating the 1951 novel A Way Through the Wood by Nigel Balchin, which had already been turned into a stage play under the title Waiting for Gillian in 1954. The film stars Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson and Rupert Everett. Separate Lies marked the directorial debut of Julian Fellowes,[1] who had worked mostly as an actor and won an Academy Award with his screenplay for Robert Altman's Gosford Park.

  1. ^ Holden, Stephen (16 September 2005). "A Sanctimonious Lawyer, His Hostess Wife and Their Dilemmas: Let the Betrayals Begin". The New York Times.