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Iris is a 2001 film that tells the story of British novelist Iris Murdoch and her relationship with John Bayley. The film contrasts the start of their relationship, when Murdoch (played by Kate Winslet) was an outgoing, dominant individual as compared to her timid and scholarly partner Bayley (played by Hugh Bonneville), and their later life, when Murdoch (now played by Dame Judi Dench) was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and tended to by a frustrated Bayley (played by Jim Broadbent) in their North Oxford home.

The film, which was directed by Richard Eyre, is based on Bayley's memoir, An Elegy for Iris.

Jim Broadbent received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role. Judi Dench and Kate Winslet were both nominated, for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively.

Tagline: Her greatest talent was for life.

Plot summary

When the young Iris Murdoch meets fellow student John Bailey at the University of Oxford, he is a naive virgin easily flummoxed by her libertine spirit, arch personality, and obvious artistic talent. Decades later, little has changed and the couple keeps house, with John doting his more famous wife. When Iris begins experiencing forgetfulness and dementia, however, the ever-doltish but devoted John struggles with hopelessness and frustration to become her caretaker, as his wife's mind deteriorates from the ravages of Alzheimer's disease.

Main cast

Judi Dench
: Iris Murdoch
Jim Broadbent
: John Bayley
Kate Winslet
: Young Iris Murdoch
Hugh Bonneville
: Young John Bayley
Penelope Wilton
: Janet Stone
Eleanor Bron
: Principal
Angela Morant: Hostess

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Actors - Iris

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