

The Lady in the Van
A mostly true story
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
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6.4/10
824 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $41.4M
- Language
- English
- van
- london, england
- based on novel or book
- england
- homelessness
- biography
- based on true story
- alter ego
- poverty
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereHamptons International Film Festival9 Oct 2015
- Theatrical (limited)PG-134 Dec 2015
- Theatrical (limited)PG-13New York / Los Angeles15 Jan 2016
- Digital / OTTPG-1315 Jan 2016
- Theatrical26 Feb 2016
- PhysicalPG-1319 Apr 2016
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A13 Nov 2015
- TVBBC Two24 Dec 2016
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM3 Mar 2016
CanadaCA
- Premiere14AToronto International Film Festival12 Sept 2015
- Theatrical (limited)14A5 Feb 2016
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1028 Jan 2016
ColombiaCO
- PremiereIndieBo - Bogota Independent Film Festival17 Jul 2016
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1114 Apr 2016
FranceFR
- PremiereVilleurbanne British and Irish Film Festival6 Feb 2016
- TheatricalU16 Mar 2016
GermanyDE
- Theatrical614 Apr 2016
GreeceGR
- TheatricalΚ17 Mar 2016
- PhysicalDVD, Blu-ray29 Aug 2016
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1213 Nov 2015
ItalyIT
- PremiereTorino Film Festival21 Nov 2015
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The Lady in the Van was released on 30 October 2015.
Audience reviews
2- R8/10
Reno
5/4/2016
> According to her guidance, this is where it should go! Her legend continues. I was talking about Maggie Smith, she's 82 years old and still her performances can compete with younger generation actors. The story was narrated from someone's perspective about the role she played, that's why it's little weakened, otherwise if she was in solo, it would have been an Oscar worthy. Incidentally, that someone was an actu…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
5/10/2024
As the writer himself acknowledges at the end, he's augmented this a little but most of it is already the stuff you couldn't make up! He buys a new home in a well-to-do street in London's Camden only to find the area "blighted" by a curmudgeonly and smelly old woman who lives out of her rusting old van. When it comes time for her to move on, she ends up parked outside his new home and prevails upon him to use his fac…
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