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Milk (1999) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

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1999 · 96 mins · English
Directed by
William Brookfield
Starring
Lesley Manville, Dawn French, Clotilde Courau, Judith Scott, Richard Johnson, James Fleet

Adrian, 45, has spent his adult life running the Wiltshire dairy farm with his mother Lucy. After Lucy dies suddenly of a heart attack, a slew of relatives converge to contest Ruth’s will, all vying for Ruth’s priceless Modigliani painting. Amid the turmoil, a mysterious woman named Ilaria appears, unsettling the family and altering the dynamics.

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