Antonia and Jane (1991)

Saskia Reeves, Imelda Staunton, Bill Nighy, Alan Corduner, Brenda Bruce ... see more  , Joe Absolom , Sheila Allen , John Bennett , Maria Charlès , Iain Cuthbertson , Alfred Hoffman , Richard Hope , Michael Ignatieff , Lila Kaye , Petricia Leventon , Alfred Marks , Bonnie Parker , Trevor Peacock , Claire Rayner , Ian Redford , Tania Rodrigues , Cato Sanford , Peter Wingfield

From director Beeban Kidron, Antonia & Jane is a look at an enduring friendship between a pair of decidedly opposite people. Beautiful, sophisticated, and self-assured, Antonia (Saskia Reeves) has it ... read more all -- or so it seems to the pudgy wallflower Jane (Imelda Staunton), who secretly resents the fact that her own inner light is invariably extinguished whenever her glamorous friend enters a room. The fact that Antonia stole and married Jane's first lover only makes matters worse. While Jane vents her feelings in her therapist's office, Antonia herself secretly longs to be more like Jane, who is always off in search of new adventures and experiences. Petricia Leventon and Alfred Hoffman also star. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi