My First Wife is about the dramatic collapse of the marriage between John and Helen. It is also a film about our children and the future we offer them. Helen has decided to leave, and it is John who lacks the inner resources to cope with the impending tragedy. Slowly he is sucked into a tunnel of despair – fighting his conservative nature and the romantic memories of his married life.
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John Hargreaves
John
Wendy Hughes
Helen
David Cameron
Tom
Anna Maria Monticelli
Hilary
Charles Tingwell
Helen's Father
Betty Lucas
Helen's Mother
Lucy Angwin
Lucy
Jon Finlayson
Bernard
Julia Blake
Kristin
Ron Falk
Psychiatrist
Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Doctor
Linden Wilkinson
Doctor
Robin Lovejoy
John's Father
Lucy Uralov
John's Mother
Xenia Groutas
John's Sister
