A fool and his money. In the 1930s, Adam Fenwick-Symes (Stephen Campbell Moore) is part of the English idle class, wanting to marry the flighty Nina Blount (Emily Mortimer). He's a novelist with a one hundred-pound advance for a manuscript confiscated by English customs. He spends the next several years trying to get money and to set a wedding date. He trades in gossip, wins money on wagers, then gives it to a drunken Major (Jim Broadbent), who suggested he bet on a horse in an upcoming race.
Adam tries to get the money back, but can't find the Major. Meanwhile, Nina needs security, friends drink too much, and general unhappiness spoils the party. Then war breaks out. Is Adam's bright youth dimming with the fall of an empire?
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Bright Young Things
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Sing Sing Sing
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Louis Prima:
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Caravan
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Duke Ellington:
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Nina
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Pomp & Circumstance No. 4
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Edward Elgar:
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Mairzy Doats
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Tiger Rag
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Nick LaRocca:
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Thunder & Lightning Polka
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Bright Young Strings
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Skaila Kanga:
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The Radetzky March
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By A Waterfall
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Twentieth Century Blues
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In A Monastery Garden
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Hear My Song, Violetta
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Dance, Little Lady
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The Party's Over Now
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Silver Threads Among The Gold
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