Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Synopsis

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.

Director

Robert Bierman

Written by

Alan Plater

Music

Mike Batt

Studio

BBC Film

Released

20 November 1997

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance