Name: The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
Genre: Drama
Released: 1995-10-14
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Zoë Wanamaker, Stephen Dillane, Shane Fox

The drama genre is a broad category that features stories portraying human experiences, emotions, conflicts, and relationships in a realistic and emotionally impactful way. Dramas delve into the complexities of human life, often exploring themes of love, loss, morality, societal issues, personal growth, with the aim to evoke an emotional response from the audience by presenting relatable and thought-provoking stories.

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Mrs. Holroyd is married to a loutish miner. When a gentlemanly neighbour makes romantic advances to her, she wishes her husband dead. Sooner than she hoped, her wish comes true.

Colin Firth, Stephen Dillane, and Zoë Wanamaker in The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1995)

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