Separate Lies

Separate Lies
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJulian Fellowes
Written byJulian Fellowes (screenplay)
Based onA Way Through the Wood
by Nigel Balchin
Produced bySteve Clark-Hall
Christian Colson
StarringTom Wilkinson
Emily Watson
Rupert Everett
Linda Bassett
Richenda Carey
CinematographyTony Pierce-Roberts
Edited byAlex Mackie
Martin Walsh
Music byStanislas Syrewicz
Production
companies
Distributed byFox Searchlight Pictures
Release date
  • 16 September 2005 (2005-09-16) (U.S.)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3,452,023

Separate Lies is a 2005 British drama film directed by Julian Fellowes, who also wrote the screenplay, updating the 1951 novel A Way Through the Wood by Nigel Balchin, which had already been turned into a stage play under the title Waiting for Gillian in 1954. The film stars Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson and Rupert Everett. Separate Lies marked the directorial debut of Julian Fellowes, who had worked mostly as an actor and won an Academy Award with his screenplay for Robert Altman's Gosford Park.