Project Detail

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Synopsis

Harold Fry was never meant to be a hero. Until, one day, he receives a letter from his dying friend, Queenie Hennessy, addressed from a hospice far away in Northern England. He has not heard from her in 20 years. He has done his best to forget what happened between them. Writing a brief reply, Harold realises a letter is not enough. He will walk the length of England and save his old friend. Leaving his puzzled, frustrated wife Maureen behind, Harold embarks on a walk of redemption that gradually becomes a contemporary pilgrimage through modern Britain.
This is a coming-of-age story as Harold (and Maureen) rediscover themselves. It is also a love story. Not a romance, but a universal story about love. The love of partnership, children, and of parents. The love of neighbours, of friends who have made their own sacrifices, of strangers whose stories might be unknown to us, but are as complex as our own. Above all, it is about not forgetting to love oneself.

Details

Year: 2023
Type of project: Features
Running time: 99 min
Director: Hettie Macdonald
Producer: Kevin Loader, Marilyn Milgrom, Juliet Dowling
Editor: Jon Harris, Napoleon Stratogiannakis
Screenwriter: Rachel Joyce
Director of Photography: Kate McCullough
Production Designer: Christina Moore
Principal cast: Jim Broadbent, Penelope Wilton

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Free Range Films

110 Gloucester Avenue
London
NW1 8HX

+44 (0)207 287 7287

Sales Company

Embankment Films

Maite Villarino

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