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By the time Ralph (now played by Nicholas Hoult) returns from boarding school at age 15, his parents have divorced, though their rows continue, even after his father has married Ruby, a brassy American played, very much against type, by Emily Watson. Through Ruby’s eyes, Ralph begins to see the British colonials for what they are: a bunch of burned-out snobs and social climbers whose Jeeves And Wooster-ish verbal mannerisms Ruby derides as so much “wah-wah” |
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Set at the end of the 60's as Swaziland is about to receive Independence from Great Britain, this UK/French/South Africa production is written and directed by actor Richard E. Grant (of Withnail and I, Gosford Park and L.A. Story). Grant draws from his own childhood in Swaziland to portray the last days of the British Empire in Africa. Zachary Fox plays Ralph Compton (a thinly disguised Grant) aged 11, thrust headlong into the affairs of his parents, a bickering couple memorably played by Miranda Richardson and Gabriel Byrne.