Starting Over (2007 film)

{{Short description|2007 television film directed by Giles Foster}}

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| screenplay = Matthew Thomas

| based_on = {{Based on|Starting Over|Robin Pilcher}}

| director = Giles Foster

| starring = Suzanne von Borsody
Iain Glen
Rutger Hauer

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| theme_music_composer = Richard Blackford

| country = Germany
United Kingdom

| language = English

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| producer = Rikolt von Gagern

| editor = Catherine Creed

| cinematography = Tony Imi

| runtime = 115 minutes (Germany)
89 minutes (UK)

| company = Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Gate Television Productions

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| network = ZDF

| released = {{Start date|2007|12|26|df=y}}

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Starting Over is a 2007 Scottish romantic drama television film directed by Giles Foster, produced by the British company Gate Television Productions for the German television channel Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF). Based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Robin Pilcher, the film stars Suzanne von Borsody, Iain Glen and Rutger Hauer.{{cite web|url=http://www.zelluloid.de/filme/index.php3?id=22122|title=Robin Pilcher: Am Anfang war die Liebe|work=zelluloid.de|publisher=Zelluloid|language=German|accessdate=2009-07-05}}{{cite web|url=http://film.the-fan.net/?titel=20396|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724094143/http://film.the-fan.net/?titel=20396|url-status=usurped|archive-date=24 July 2011|title=Robin Pilcher - Am Anfang war die Liebe|work=film.the-fan.net|language=German|accessdate=2009-07-06}}

Plot summary

The film explores how an aristocratic woman's life changes when her brother dies and her marriage breaks down. Lady Elizabeth Dewhurst (Suzanne von Borsody) believes her husband Gregor (Iain Glen) is at fault for the accidental death of her beloved brother Simon (William Mickleburgh). Their marriage has been rocky, but this is the last straw and she asks him to move out of the household. Elizabeth's best friend Mary Phillips (Rachel Fielding) has had her eye on Gregor for some time and sees this as her chance. She encourages them to use the services of a powerful but shady family attorney, Mr. Sharp (Jonathan Coy), and Sharp expects to benefit financially from the division of the Dewherst estate. Peter Rosen (Rutger Hauer) is visiting from a local University. Liz is drawn to him for a mild affair, even though he is the professor of her son Alex (Daniel Sharman).