Small Island

December. 06,2009      
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In 1939 Hortense, illegitimate but intelligent and ambitious, is brought up on Jamaica with the family of charismatic, free-thinking Michael, who joins the Air Force when war breaks out and goes to England. After the war, Hortense, now a qualified teacher, makes a marriage of convenience to Gilbert Joseph, paying for his passage to England on condition he sends for her.

Naomie Harris as  Hortense
Shaun Parkes as  Winston
Hugh Quarshie as  Narrator
David Oyelowo as  Gilbert
Karl Johnson as  Arthur Bligh
Ruth Wilson as  Queenie
Ashley Walters as  Michael
Benedict Cumberbatch as  Bernard
Nikki Amuka-Bird as  Celia
Andrew Havill as  Mr. Ryder