Poster for the movie Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997 • 101 minutes
ComedyDramaRomance

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.

Picture of Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Rosemary

Picture of Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant

Gordon Comstock

Picture of Julian Wadham

Julian Wadham

Ravelston

Picture of Jim Carter

Jim Carter

Erskine

Picture of Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter

Julia Comstock

Picture of Lesley Vickerage

Lesley Vickerage

Hermione

Picture of Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Mrs. Wisbeach

Picture of Liz Smith

Liz Smith

Mrs Meakin

Picture of John Clegg

John Clegg

McKechnie

Picture of Malcolm Sinclair

Malcolm Sinclair

Paul Doring

Picture of Ben Miles

Ben Miles

Ravenscroft Waiter

Picture of Dorothy Atkinson

Dorothy Atkinson

Dora