Toni Palmer

The French Lieutenant's Woman -- Anna and Mike portray two characters in a film set in 19th century England who fall in love despite the fact that Mike's character is engaged.

A seemingly conservative woman and her clientele of kinky connoisseurs become daily tabloid sensations when it's discovered that her suburban brothel caters to some of Great Britain's elite. Members of Parliament, diplomats, judges, bankers, and even men of the cloth are all caught with their pants down in England's scandal of the decade.

Fed up with working hard just to scrape by, Christine Painter (Julie Walters) comes up with a bold plan to become the madam of a brothel and earn her financial freedom: she opens a house of spanking to fabulous reviews. She gets a little help from an experienced prostitute (Shirley Stelfox) and a former Air Force officer with a penchant for lingerie (Alec McCowen). "Monty Python" member Terry Jones directs this comedy based on actual events.

From the director of several MONTY PYTHON classics comes a story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel that caters to older men, inspired by the real life experiences of Cynthia Payne.