Movie
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Overview
Harold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. And now, well into his 60s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life. Until, one day – Harold learns his old friend Queenie is dying. Harold leaves home, walking to his post office to send her a letter. And out of the blue, Harold decides to keep walking, all the way to her hospice, 450 miles away.
Details
- Release date
- 2023-04-27
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Embankment Films, Free Range Films, Rose Pine Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jim Broadbent as Harold Fry
- Penelope Wilton as Maureen Fry
- Linda Bassett as Queenie
- Earl Cave as David Fry
- Joseph Mydell as Rex
- Bethan Cullinane as Young Maureen Fry
- Nina Singh as Garage Girl
- Monika Gossmann as Martina
- Claire Rushbrook as Farmer’s Wife
- Nick Sampson as Silver Haired Man
- Adam Jackson-Smith as Young Harold Fry
- Andrew Leung as GP
Crew
- Hettie Macdonald - Director
- Rachel Joyce - Writer
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