The story
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Timothy SpallJMW Turner
Dorothy AtkinsonHannah Danby
Marion BaileySophia Booth
Paul JessonWilliam Turner Snr
Lesley ManvilleMary Somerville
Martin SavageBenjamin Robert Haydon
Ruth SheenSarah Danby
David HorovitchDr Price
Karl JohnsonMr. Booth
Peter WightJoseph Gillot
Joshua McGuireJohn Ruskin
Stuart McQuarrieRuskin's FatherExplore the crew
- Producer
- Georgina Lowe
- Director
- Mike Leigh
- Editor
- Jon Gregory
- Writer
- Mike Leigh
- Original Music Composer
- Gary Yershon
- Director of Photography
- Dick Pope