
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris(2022)
A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.


Set in the port town of Dover in the South-East of England, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.

Joanna Scanlan
Mary/Fahima

Nathalie Richard
Genevieve

Nasser Memarzia
Ahmed

Talid Ariss
Solomon

Sudha Bhuchar
Farzanna
Nisha Chadha
Mina
Jabeen Butt
Saadia
Subika Anwar-Khan
Salma

Elijah Braik
Farooq

Adam Karim
Imran
After Love is a drama film released in 2021 exploring themes of widow, cleaner, dover, calais. Directed by Aleem Khan, it stars Joanna Scanlan, Nathalie Richard, Nasser Memarzia. Set in the port town of Dover in the South-East of England, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.
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