Jaspar Pye, a hapless civil servant sent by Whitehall to close down an obscure statistical unit which is operating from a manor home, instead finds himself enchanted by the people and events of Arcady. The fact that the three daughters of the house find him instantly attractive, a sentiment reciprocated, is only the beginning.
A truly English escapist romantic comedy, in which a disillusioned civil servant finds love, tranquillity and the return of his sense of self, whilst on a special assignment to a small government "research" establishment at a country estate in the rural East Anglia (part of eastern England) of the 1950s. The fascination of a part of the English psyche then and now with the past (especially railways and agricultural machinery) is well caught, as is the need for the "rural idyll".
Bittersweet comedy as railroad bureaucrat stumbles upon love in rural English village. menage a how many?
A sweet and somewhat surrealistic fantasy-visit to a 1950's rural England that never was; occasionally feels like a visit to an adult theme-park. A bit of something for everyone - it combines elements of a "Stately Homes and Gardens" tour, railway nostalgia, adult comedy/romance, and surprising dashes of nudity and carnality.
