What if one split second sent your life in two completely different directions?
Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.
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Character
Earnest, contemporary, spare and effortless.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Gwyneth PaltrowHelen Quilley
- John HannahJames Hamilton
- John LynchGerry
- Jeanne TripplehornLydia
- Zara TurnerAnna
- Douglas McFerranRussell
- Paul BrightwellClive
- Nina YoungClaudia
- Virginia McKennaJames' Mother
- Kevin McNallyPaul
Crew
- Peter HowittDirector
- Peter HowittWriter
- Remi AdefarasinDirector of Photography
- David HirschfelderOriginal Music Composer
- John SmithEditor
- Sydney PollackProducer
- Philippa BraithwaiteProducer
- William HorbergProducer
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Pairings
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