![]() Then a chance remark from a young woman at the till of a petrol station, about the healing power of hope, triggers his belief that if he doesn’t go home, but walks to Berwick on Tweed, instead, it will give Queenie something to live for. Harold realises this is a totally inadequate response, as his four attempts at posting the letter show. ![]() The extent of Harold’s inadequacies as a sentient human being are made very clear when he pens a letter to Queenie of the briefest, most desultory kind, even crossing out the word “ Love” and putting “Best wishes” instead. His Harold is a quiet man, living modestly in retirement in south Devon, who is suddenly galvanised into changing his life by a letter from an old friend and colleague, Queenie (Linda Bassett), now dying of cancer in a hospice in Berwick-on-Tweed. Broadbent has another grumpy wife here: after Helen Mirren in The Duke, Penelope Wilton (pictured below with Broadbent) plays Maureen, a sour woman with little to bring joy to her days. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |