Movie #25........................."Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont"

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Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont(2005)

Joan Plowright takes the title role as the recently widowed Mrs. Palfrey, who moves into a hotel while she waits -- and waits -- for her 26-year-old grandson (Lorcan O'Toole) to return her calls after she relocates to London to be closer to him. Mrs. Palfrey is about to give up on her family when a fateful fall introduces her to kind young writer Ludovic Meyer (Rupert Friend), who -- improbably --becomes her closest friend in this engaging drama.

Movie#25 "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont", a breath of fresh air, with themes of old age, friendship, how we learn from others at any age, closeness to people isn't necessarily amount of time you spend with them, abandonment by relatives, how poetry can give us a needed lift, and so much more. There's an ease about this film that is winning, much like the two major characters/actors