Foreign Bodies

Jenny is the daughter of an army officer living in India at the time of the Raj. She desperately wants to be an actor and is very talented, touring the country with a company of players, but she meets a dashing young British man with whom she falls head over heels. They marry, but he is killed during the riots leading to Independence. Jenny moves to the UK with her family and ends up living a quiet ¿hum drum¿ existence but she still yearns for the excitement of her career in the theatre and what might have been. She encourages her son, Robert, to go into acting so he can have a more exciting life than she has ended up with.

Two Hungarian friends come to the UK after the 1956 revolution. The older man, Tamas, is flamboyant, confident and becomes a successful theatrical photographer. The younger man is reserved, quiet and takes a boring but steady job. Robert, having studied acting, meets Tamas when he goes for a head shot sitting. They strike up a friendship and he rents a roo