Iris

PLOT

When the young Iris Murdoch meets fellow student John Bayley at Somerville College, Oxford, he is a naive virgin easily flummoxed by her libertine spirit, arch personality, and obvious artistic talent. Decades later, little has changed and the couple keeps house, with John doting on his more famous wife. When Iris begins experiencing forgetfulness and dementia, however, the devoted John struggles with hopelessness and frustration,[3] and becomes her caretaker, as his wife's mind deteriorates from the ravages of Alzheimer's disease

CAST

Judi Dench as Iris Murdoch

Kate Winslet as young Iris

Jim Broadbent as John Bayley

Hugh Bonneville as young John

Penelope Wilton as Janet Stone

Juliet Aubrey as young Janet

Timothy West as Maurice

Samuel West as young Maurice

Siobhan Hayes as Checkout girl

Kris Marshall as Dr Gudgeon

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

biographical drama film about novelist Iris Murdoch and her relationship with her husband John Bayley

based on Bayley's 1999 memoir Elegy for Iris