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User Rating:
7.5/10   560 votes
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Director:
Sheree Folkson
Writers:
Gerald Durrell (book)
Simon Nye (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 December 2005 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
An English family relocates to sunny Greece in the months before WWII. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Absolute Delight! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Imelda Staunton ... Mother
Chris Langham ... Theodore Stephanides

Omid Djalili ... Spiro
Matthew Goode ... Larry Durrell
Russell Tovey ... Leslie Durrell
Tamzin Merchant ... Margot Durrell
Eugene Simon ... Gerald Durrell
Kostas Tziotakis ... Customs Officer
Mihalis Giannatos ... Porter / Waiter (as Michalis Giannatos)
Olga Tournaki ... Agathi
Dimitris Kaberidis ... Rose-Beetle Man
David Armand ... George
Antonis Antoniou ... Yani

George Couyas ... Turkish Boyfriend
Efi Papatheodorou ... Lugaretsia
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:PG
Filming Locations:
Corfu, Greece

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[first lines]
Larry Durrell: Why do we put up with this bloody climate? I mean, look at us: Gerry can't speak,
Gerald Durrell: Uh?
Larry Durrell: Lesley can't hear.
Leslie Durrell: What?
Larry Durrell: Margot's got a face like a plate of red porridge.
Margot Durrell: Shut up.
Larry Durrell: Mother's beginning to look like an Irish washerwoman.
Mother: I am not.
Larry Durrell: It's August. We need sunshine.
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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Absolute Delight!, 4 May 2006
9/10
Author: Mith from United Kingdom

The movie is truly a delight to watch. It's full of warmth and humour. It reminds me how wonderful it is to connect to nature, a thing hard to achieve in this modern age of technology and fast-paced life. The scenery is just so beautiful, the characters interesting and lovable, the acting smooth and convincing, the soundtrack I find quite quirky but amusing, and the animals absolutely cute! Imelda Staunton is superb as usual, while Eugene Simon is very good as the inquisitive Gerald. Despite the fact that this movie is not a very dramatic one (no violence, no real romance nor suspense), it is engaging and entertaining. A must-see.

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