Mrs. Palfrey, an elegant, genteel widow, has come from Scotland to London to take up residency at the Claremont Hotel to be near her grandson Desmond. When Desmond fails to return any of her phone calls, or visit her, 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 than they do with other people their own age.
General Note: LSC 18.03For home use only.Special features include: director's commentary, photo gallery, Joan Plowright acceptance speech at AARP Awards, original theatrical trailer.Widescreen version.Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.Based on the novel by Elizabeth Taylor.Disc label title.DVD.
Participant or Performer Note: Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend, Zoe Tapper, Anna Massey, Robert Lang, Clare Higgins.