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Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005) 7.4
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Metascore: 67/100
Reviews: 44 user | 26 critic | 19 from Metacritic.com All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer. Director:Dan Ireland |
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Cast
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| Joan Plowright | ... |
Mrs. Palfrey
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| Rupert Friend | ... |
Ludo /
The Writer
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| Zoë Tapper | ... |
Gwendolyn
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Robert Lang | ... |
Mr. Osborne
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Marcia Warren | ... |
Mrs. Post
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Mrs. Arbuthnot
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Georgina Hale | ... |
Mrs. Burton
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Mrs. De Salis
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Willie
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Violet
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Carl Proctor | ... |
Manager
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Timothy Bateson | ... |
Summers
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Rosie
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Lorcan O'Toole | ... |
Desmond
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Mrs. Meyer
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Mrs. Palfrey, recently widowed after a long happy marriage, moves into a London residential hotel more lively and elegant on line than in fact. She determines to make the best of it among an odd assortment of people, and she particularly hopes her grandson, a London resident, will visit. When she slips on a walk and is aided by a penniless young writer, she invites him to dine at the Claremont and plays along when her dining mates assume he's her grandson. A friendship develops giving her a companion with whom she can talk about memories and poetry and giving him ideas and support for his writing. But what of her actual family? How it plays out is the movie's story. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Former Official site - no longer active as of October 2012 | Official soundtrack labelLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 May 2008 (Argentina) See more »Also Known As:
Claremont Hotel See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$105,185 (New Zealand) (25 August 2006)Gross:
$1,054,535 (New Zealand) (13 October 2006)Company Credits
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Music by J. Fred Coots (as Fred J Coots), lyrics by Sam Lewis (as M Sammel Lewis).
Performed by Rupert Friend
Published by Cromwell Music Inc. & Toy Town Tunes Inc.
By arrangement with Concord Records
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One of the crew credits: Best Boy (Girl) See more »Soundtracks
"For All We Know"Music by J. Fred Coots (as Fred J Coots), lyrics by Sam Lewis (as M Sammel Lewis).
Performed by Rupert Friend
Published by Cromwell Music Inc. & Toy Town Tunes Inc.
By arrangement with Concord Records
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MRS. PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT is an elegant, moving story of a lovely woman of age on a journey to find something meaningful again in her life and literally "trips" into the life of a young man on his own journey to find himself as a writer. Many will think of HAROLD AND MAUDE, but MRS. PALFREY is a much more enticing film of two people, no matter the age, who happen to come into each other's lives at a time when they become very important to each other in the self repair of their own images. A brilliant, wonderful, beautifully presented film.
Joan Plowright as Mrs. Palfrey is so lovely on the screen and in her meeting the handsome Rupert Friend, Ludvic, seems to take on a glow of happiness and pleasure as their friendship deepens and they become more involved in each other's lives. Their scenes in the lovely parks of London as well as the interiors of the Claremont are scenes that have humor, compassion and great understanding between them. This is something which is missing in both their relationships with their own families.
Through Mrs. Palfrey, and their conversations about film, Ludvic is able to find a young woman who loves him for himself, and as Mrs. Palfrey's journey ends, his begins with the happiness and satisfaction of having found not only Mrs. Palfrey, but someone who will be with him in his life, and truly love him for the man he is.
As Oscar season approaches, Joan Plowright's MRS. PALFREY is a film to remember, honor and cherish.