
Notting Hill(1999)
London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.


“Sometimes finding true love can be the death of you.”
A politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so they can run away together.

Brenda Blethyn
Betty Rhys-Jones

Alfred Molina
Boris Plots

Christopher Walken
Frank Featherbed

Naomi Watts
Meredith Mainwaring

Robert Pugh
Hugh Rhys-Jones
Hannah Higgins
Young Betty
Joshua Jenkins
Young Boris
Shaun Phillips
Young Hugh

Menna Trussler
Dilys Rhys-Jones

Jerry Springer
Jerry Springer
Undertaking Betty is a comedy, romance film released in 2002 exploring themes of small town, competition, coffin, politician, run away, falling in love. Directed by Nick Hurran, it stars Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Christopher Walken. A politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so they can run away together.
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