Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Every woman will have her day.

Cast

Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace, Ciarán Hinds, Shirley Henderson

Overview

London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.