Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006)

Director
Ed Blum

Main cast
Holly Aird; Eileen Atkins; Hugh Bonneville; Tom Hardy; Douglas Hodge

Genres
Comedy, Drama, Foreign, Romance

Description
Sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it and some pay for it, but we're all involved in it. Set on one afternoon on Hampstead Heath, London, the film investigates the minutiae of seven couples. What makes us tick?


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