Love Actually
Love Actually is a 2003 Christmas-themed romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis. It features an ensemble cast, composed predominantly of British actors, many of whom had worked with Curtis in previous film and television projects. Mostly filmed on location in London, the screenplay delves into different aspects of love as shown through ten separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals, many of whom are shown to be interlinked as the tales progress. The story begins five weeks before Christmas and is played out in a weekly countdown until the holiday, followed by an epilogue that takes place one month later.
Plot
The film begins with a voiceover from David (Hugh Grant) commenting that whenever he gets gloomy about the state of the world he thinks about the arrivals terminal at Heathrow Airport, and the pure uncomplicated love felt as friends and families welcome their arriving loved ones. David's voiceover also relates that all the messages left by the people who died on the 9/11 planes were messages of love and not hate. The film then tells the 'love stories' of many people:
Cast
- Abdul Salis
- Adam Godley
- Alan Rickman
- Andrew Lincoln
- Anthony McPartlin
- Bill Nighy
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Billy Campbell
- Caroline John
- Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Claudia Schiffer
- Colin Firth
- Dan Fredenburgh
- Declan Donnelly
- Denise Richards
- Edward Hardwicke
- Élisabeth Margoni
- Elisha Cuthbert
- Emma Thompson
- Gillian Barge
- Gregor Fisher
- Heike Makatsch
- Hugh Grant
- Ivana Miličević
- January Jones
- Joanna Page
- John Sharian
- Julia Davis
- Keira Knightley
- Kris Marshall
- Laura Linney
- Liam Neeson
- Lúcia Moniz
- Martin Freeman
- Martine McCutcheon
- Meredith Ostrom
- Michael Fitzgerald
- Nina Sosanya
- Olivia Olson
- Rebecca Frayn
- Richard Curtis
- Richard Hawley
- Rodrigo Santoro
- Rory MacGregor
- Rowan Atkinson
- Shannon Elizabeth
- Sienna Guillory
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster