Characters & Themes
Destiny (1978) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1978 · 110 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Mike Newell
- Starring
- Nigel Hawthorne, Saeed Jaffrey, Rosalie Crutchley, Peter Jeffrey, Colin Jeavons, Paul Copley
A modest shopkeeper in a rural town is tricked into becoming a candidate for an extremist right‑wing party during a by‑election. As the campaign unfolds, he learns the party’s funding comes from the corporation that drove him out of business, exposing a scheme that pits his livelihood against political manipulation.
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