The Theory of Flight

Richard is assigned public service after crashing his homemade aircraft, leading him to meet Jane, a young woman dying of motor neuron disease. After they strike up a friendship, Jane asks Richard to help fulfill her deepest wish: to lose her virginity before her death.

Cast

Helena Bonham Carter

as Jane Hatchard

Kenneth Branagh

as Richard

Gemma Jones

as Anne

Holly Aird

as Julie

Ray Stevenson

as Gigolo

Ruth Jones

as Becky

Sue Jones-Davies

as Catherine

Gwenyth Petty

as Magistrate

Robert Blythe

as Farmer

Aneirin Hughes

as Doctor

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