The Oxford Murders

Martin (Elijah Wood), a PhD scholar in mathematics, enrolls at Oxford inside the wish of meeting his mentor, Professor Arthur Seldom (Sir John Hurt). The younger man manages to discover accommodations at Mrs. Eagleton’s (Anna Massey’s), however in this residence, a stifling surroundings prevails because of the landlady’s attitude. Indeed Mrs. Eagleton, who happens to be a pal of Seldom’s, is a haughty and unsympathetic woman who also stifles her daughter Beth (Julie Cox). At the university, matters do now not fare plenty higher as Martin is put in his location via his idol in the course of certainly one of Seldom’s lectures. But his non-public life changes for the nice as he starts an affair with Lorna (Leonor Watling), a stunning lady he met at some stage in a sport of squash. One night, Seldom and Martin, who find themselves at Mrs. Eagleton’s, discover her dead frame. They are interrogated with the aid of the Police. Soon afterwards, they decide to lead their personal non-public investigation. tt0488604