Monthly arts column
Keeping Mum is a gentle but dark film in the tradition of the Ealing comedies, set in beautiful coastal locations in Cornwall and the Isle of Man, with much Laura Ashley and bits of Country Living magazine also in evidence.
Eleanor Margesson
The characters are recognisable from the Working Title / Merchant Ivory genres and the cast is studded with British stars such as Dame Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas and Rowan Atkinson. Yet it is the presuppositions and conclusions held by the film’s moral framework that makes it more interesting on a spiritual level.
