- The Last September
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name = The Last September
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author =Elizabeth Bowen
country = Ireland
language = English
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genre =Novels
publisher =Constable & Co. Ltd
release_date = 1929
media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
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isbn = NA
preceded_by =The Hotel (1927)
followed_by =Friends and Relations ( 1931)Infobox Film
name = The Last September
caption = DVD cover
director =Deborah Warner
producer =
writer =John Banville
Elizabeth Bowen (novel)
starring =Maggie Smith Michael Gambon Keeley Hawes
David Tennant
music =Zbigniew Preisner
cinematography =Slawomir Idziak
editing = Kate Evans
distributor =Trimark Pictures
UGC DA International
released = 1999
runtime = 103 min
country =France
UKIreland
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language = English
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imdb_id = 0180793 "The Last September" is a novel by the Anglo-Irish writerElizabeth Bowen published in 1929, concerning life at the country mansion of Danielstown, Cork during theIrish war of independence . Surrounded by burnings and killings beyond the confines of the house, the Naylor and the Montmorency families and their guests are preoccupied bytennis parties and dances, only dimly aware that the world of theAnglo-Irish gentry is about to disappear. The novel is notable as a valuable document of this class in the dying days of English rule in southern part of IrelandA film version was released in 1999. It was directed by
Deborah Warner and produced by Yvonne Thunder from ascreenplay byJohn Banville . The music was byZbigniew Preisner and the cinematography bySlawomir Idziak .The film stars
Maggie Smith ,Michael Gambon ,Keeley Hawes ,David Tennant ,Lambert Wilson ,Jane Birkin andFiona Shaw .
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