Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean.
Glenda Jackson | Neaera Duncan |
Ben Kingsley | William Snow |
Michael Gambon | George Fairbairn (turtle keeper) |
Nigel Hawthorne | The Publisher |
Richard Johnson | Mr. Johnson (Neaera's neighbor) |
Rosemary Leach | Mrs. Charlie Inchcliff (landlady) |
Eleanor Bron | Miss Neap (Flora) |
Harriet Walter | Harriet Sims (bookstore clerk) |
Jeroen Krabbé | Mr. Sandor (the slob) |
Peter Capaldi | Assistant Keeper |
Michael Aldridge | Mr Meager |
Harold Pinter | Man in Bookshop |