Driving Lessons (2006)
A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.
Top billed cast
Laura LinneyLaura Marshall
Rupert GrintBen Marshall
Julie WaltersEvie Walton
Michelle DuncanBryony
Oliver MilburnPeter
Tamsin EgertonSarah
Nicholas FarrellRobert
Jim NortonMr. Fincham
Chandra RueggChandra
Rose KeeganEmma Pagent
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