A Little Chaos

A Little Chaos
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlan Rickman
Screenplay by
Story byAlison Deegan
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEllen Kuras
Edited byNicolas Gaster
Music byPeter Gregson
Production
companies
  • BBC Films
  • Lipsync Productions
  • Potboiler Productions
  • The Bureau
  • Kia Jam Productions
  • Artemis Films
Distributed byLionsgate UK
Release dates
  • 13 September 2014 (2014-09-13) (TIFF)
  • 17 April 2015 (2015-04-17)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$10.1 million

A Little Chaos is a 2014 British period drama film directed by Alan Rickman, based on a story conceived by Alison Deegan, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rickman and Jeremy Brock. It stars Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Rickman, Stanley Tucci, Helen McCrory, Steven Waddington, Jennifer Ehle and Rupert Penry-Jones. It was financed by Lionsgate UK and produced by BBC Films. The second film directed by Rickman, after his 1997 debut The Winter Guest, and the last before his death in 2016, it was also the second collaboration of Rickman and Winslet after their 1995 film Sense and Sensibility. Production took place in London in mid-2013, and it premiered as the closing night film at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 13 September 2014.