A Handful of Dust (1988)

A Handful of Dust 1988 We see the detritus of an abandoned camp in South America and a main characters hallucination Then, the story begins Tony James Wilby and Brenda Last Dame Kristin Scott Thomas, lord and lady, live on his enormous estate with their young son Tonys not much for parties, and Brenda joins London society, on the arm of a penniless man, John Beaver Rupert Graves, a hanger on at Tonys club John is encouraged by his entrepreneurial mother, Mrs Beaver Dame Judi Dench, who sees a quid in Tony and Brenda Brenda and John become lovers, Brenda spends more and more time in London, and Tonys without a clue Then, bringing things to a head are tragedy, law suits, greed, and what should be a few months expedition to Brazil We are each of us merely a handful of dust