Florence Foster Jenkins (film)
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Florence Foster Jenkins is a 2016 British-French biographical comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Nicholas Martin. The film stars Meryl Streep as Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who became an opera singer known for her painful lack of singing skill. Other cast members include Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Nina Arianda and Rebecca Ferguson.
Filming began in May 2015, and the premiere was held in London on 12 April 2016. The film was released on 6 May 2016 in the United Kingdom, 13 July in France and 12 August in the United States.
Plot synopsis
Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep), an heiress in New York who owns a music club and lives for music, aspires to become an opera singer with the help of her husband St. Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant) and her pianist Cosmé McMoon (Simon Helberg), despite her generally poor singing ability.
See also
- Marguerite, a 2015 French film inspired by the life of Jenkins
- Glorious!, the Olivier Award-nominated West End stage comedy about Jenkins by Peter Quilter
- Souvenir, two-character play with music about Jenkins and McMoon starring Judy Kaye, written by Stephen Temperley
- Out of Africa where Meryl Streep's character has syphilis