Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

  • Drama
  • Comedy
11/25/2005
108
NR

One Chance Meeting, Two Changed Lives

All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

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$1,720,953
Budget:
$750,000

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  • Geronimo1967

    This reminded me a little of "Mrs. Caldicot's Cabbage War" (2002) as it depicts the determination of an older person not to just let their toes curl up whilst waiting for God. The recently widowed eponymous lady (Dame Joan Plowright) arrives at the residential "Claremont" hotel and is introduced to quite an eclectic clientele who are all in a similar boat. She's is walking back from the post office when she takes a tumble outside the flat of the floppy haired young "Ludo" (Rupert Friend). He takes care of her, gives her a cup of tea and that's the start of the friendship that livens up both of their lives with some gentle mischief and a growing inter-dependency that reinvigorates her and helps him to get back to his writing. Robert Lang, An...

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