William Trevor

Películas

Mi casa en Umbria
Novel
Después de la explosión de un tren, en un vagón quedan cinco supervivientes: un general, un Lord inglés, un joven alemán llamado Werner, una niña llamada Aimée, y una novelista inglesa llamada Emily que los invita a quedarse en su casa de Umbría mientras se recuperan. Al mismo tiempo que reflexionan sobre sus vidas, llega un inspector de policía que desea investigar el accidente. Cuando el tío americano de Aimée llega para llevársela, se altera el equilibrio del grupo. Al parecer, la casa de Umbría no puede brindarles la felicidad a todos. (FILMAFFINITY)
El viaje de Felicia
Novel
Felicia es una adolescente que ha vivido siempre en una aldea irlandesa. Cuando su novio Johnny emigra a Inglaterra para buscar trabajo, Felicia lo sigue, sobre todo porque está embarazada. Cuando llega a Birmingham conoce a Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, el meticuloso gerente de una empresa de comidas.
Events at Drimaghleen
Writer
The painful memories of the tragedy that awaited the people of Drimaghleen on 2/11/88 have just begun to fade; Hetty Fortune and her TV documentary team travel there to piece those memories together into a story of horror.
August Saturday
Writer
Grania did something 15 years ago that brought her great happiness but also great pain. The events of that day have been a heavy secret to bear that, if discovered, would devastate those closest to her.
Fools of Fortune
Novel
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
The Children Of Dynmouth
Novel
The plot follows Timothy Gedge, a socially inept yet intrusive teenage boy as he wanders around the dull seaside town of Dynmouth, spying on the town's residents. At first this behaviour is seen as merely annoying, even comical, until people begin to realise that his purpose may not be as innocent as initially thought.
The Children Of Dynmouth
Screenplay
The plot follows Timothy Gedge, a socially inept yet intrusive teenage boy as he wanders around the dull seaside town of Dynmouth, spying on the town's residents. At first this behaviour is seen as merely annoying, even comical, until people begin to realise that his purpose may not be as innocent as initially thought.
Mrs Silly
Novel
A mother tries to keep her son’s affections but embarrasses him in front of others.
Attracta
Writer
An aging school teacher remembers times gone by and thinks about her own past.
The Ballroom of Romance
Screenplay
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.
The Love of a Good Woman
Writer
Isabella and Henry were childhood sweethearts. Isabella dreams of the arrival of a vulgar woman named Emily.
Mrs. Acland's Ghosts
Writer
Mr Mockler and Mrs Acland have never met, but gradually Mrs Acland 's ghosts begin to take over Mr Mockler 's life.
Eleanor
Writer
Eleanor seems normal enough to her parents and teachers. Why then has she disappeared?
Access to the Children
Writer
A married man forms a liaison with a woman he meets on a train, and is divorced by his wife who allows him access to their daughters on Sundays, which they usually spend at the zoo.
The General's Day
Writer
When Mrs Hinch, the sinister charlady, decides to move in, General Suffolk fights his last battle.
O Fat White Woman
Writer
The wife of a public school head becomes gradually aware that her husband has been physically abusing his pupils. Written by the master of late-middle-age morality plays, William Trevor.
The Italian Table
Writer
A junk dealer is caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between a woman, her husband and his mistress when they sell a piece of their furniture.
The Fifty-Seventh Saturday
Writer
Mavie cannot declare her love, because the object of her affections is a very busy man.
Beyond The Pale
Writer
Milly and her friends have been going on holiday together ever since they've known each other. This summer they return to one of their favourite haunts, a beautiful Irish country hotel. It's a place full of fond memories for all of them, but on this occasion their sense of ease and comfort is destroyed when a terrible secret is revealed.