Plot
At a home for retired opera singers, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.
Release Year: 2012
Rating: 6.6/10 (733 voted)
Critic's Score: 56/100
Director:
Dustin Hoffman
Stars: Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly
Storyline Cecily, Reggie, and Wilfred are in a home for retired opera singers. Every year, on October 10, there is a concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing. Still, the show must go on... and it does.
Writers: Ronald Harwood, Ronald Harwood
Cast: Maggie Smith
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Jean Horton
Tom Courtenay
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Reginald Paget
Billy Connolly
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Wilf Bond
Pauline Collins
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Cissy Robson
Michael Gambon
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Cedric Livingston
Sheridan Smith
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Dr. Lucy Cogan
Andrew Sachs
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Bobby Swanson
Gwyneth Jones
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Anne Langley
(as Dame Gwyneth Jones)
Trevor Peacock
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George
David Ryall
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Harry
Michael Byrne
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Frank White
Ronnie Fox
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Nobby
Patricia Loveland
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Letitia Davis
Eline Powell
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Angelique
Luke Newberry
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Simon
Release Date: 4 January 2013
Filming Locations: Hedsor House & Park, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Dustin Hoffman's first directorial effort since
Straight Time.
Quotes: Jean:
This is not a retirement home, it is a madhouse!
User Review
A Rare gem, truly a masterpiece!!!!!!!!!
Rating: 10/10
I saw this in Savannah (Film Festival), with a crowd that was averaging
50 and above. Everybody was laughing through out the whole picture,
when I came out of the theater everybody only said nice things about
it, I have never seen so many old people come out of a theater so
happy!!!
Please see this film, NO MATTER WHAT AGE YOU ARE. People don't make
movies for such a demographic, or at least rarely, this movie quite
frankly made me weep, laugh, and have a range of feeling that I have
not experience from any picture released this year!
Some moments hit you hard man, real hard, you might be laughing one
scene and then the next scene you just realized that the 'thumb up'
from one old man to the next gives chills on how life can end at any
moment and at any time.
Dustin Hoffman, my man, you have made many people, many seniors of this
country really happy, you have done what most always want but never
will.
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