The story centers around an elegant elderly lady who, after being recently widowed, moves from Scotland to London to be near to her 26 year old grandson, Desmond. When Desmond fails to return any of her several phone calls, or visit her at the resident hotel she is staying, fate brings her together with a young writer, Ludovic Meyer, after she has an accident outside his basement flat.
Release Date: November 25, 2005 (limited) Studio: Jour de Fete Director: Dan Ireland
Screenwriter: Ruth Sacks Starring: Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend, Anna Massey, Zoe Tapper, Georgina Hale, Millicent Martin, Marcia Warren, Robert Lang, Michael Culkin, Clare Higgins, Lorcan O'Toole Genre: Comedy, Drama Official Website: MrsPalfreythemovie.com
Dan Ireland's latest film is the comedy drama, "Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont", based on the best selling novel of the same name, by the late, celebrated English author, Elizabeth Taylor.
The story centers around an elegant elderly lady (Mrs. Palfrey) who, after being recently widowed, moves from Scotland to London to be near to her 26 year old grandson, Desmond. When Desmond fails to return any of her several phone calls, or visit her at the resident hotel she is staying (The Claremont), fate brings her together with a young writer, Ludovic Meyer, after she has an accident outside his basement flat.
Eventually, Ludo ends up helping Mrs. Palfrey by playing a charade - pretending to be her grandson, so that the other off-beat elderly residents of the hotel believe that she hasn't been lying, and that she really does have a grandson.
The two newly found friends discover they have a lot more in common with each other then they do with other people their own age.
Ludo inadvertently leads Mrs. Palfrey through her past; Mrs Palfrey inadvertently leads Ludo to his future. The young writer finally finds the story he has been looking for all his young life - and Mrs Palfrey finds the 'grandson' she never knew she had. Thus begins a deep-rooted friendship that is far reaching, and everlasting.
Along the way, a few problems arise when her real grandson shows up at the hotel.
This
simple yet compelling human drama
MRS. PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT
It
focuses on an enchanting friendship between friends with ages
differing by half a century. I think what made me really cry
is the thought that this film may be more of a fantasy than The
Lord of the Rings.
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