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Tea with the Dames
Nothing Like a Dame

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Directed by Roger Michell
Produced by Karen Steyn
With: Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, and Maggie Smith
Cinematography: Eben Bolter
Editing: Mark Bell and Joanna Crickmay
Runtime: 84 min
Release Date: 02 May 2018
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Michell completely fails to penetrate the public personas of four great ladies of the theater to reveal what they’re really like “off-stage.” These savvy dames understand the kind of surface-level gabfest arranged for them and give nothing more than it deserves.