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Sep 23, 2007
92 min
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Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007)

Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.

Category

Drama TV Movie

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

BBC HBO Films Knifedge Neal Street Productions

Tom Hardy

Stuart Shorter

Benedict Cumberbatch

Alexander Masters

Nicola Duffett

Judith

Claire-Louise Cordwell

Karen

Edna Doré

Stuart's Gran

Frank Mills

Stuart's Granddad

Candis Nergaard

Sophie

Felicity Dean

Dido

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