From birth to infancy, from adolescence to adulthood, the good-hearted David Copperfield is surrounded by kindness, wickedness, poverty and wealth. He meets an array of remarkable characters in Victorian England as he sets out to be a writer. The story of his life is the most seductive tale of all. Dev Patel stars with Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw and Peter Capaldi. Directed by Armando Iannucci.