Ladies in Lavendar

[sarahlee]

It was a rainy day, and I had laundry to catch up on, so I was flipping through the channels, looking for something light and distracting. I started watching because Dame Judi Dench and Maggie Smith were starring. It was sweet, funny, even suspenseful (does the beautiful German woman have sinister motives?) and sad. Ms's Dench and Smith play English sisters, in a small seaside village in 1936, who discover a young castaway on the beach. They take him in a nurse him back to health, but not without cost. Change is painful, but a sign of life. The supporting cast is marvelous--LOL, are all English actors character actors?

[Sirenna]

sarahlee said:

LOL, are all English actors character actors?

Well, they're definately all characters. Land of the Benny Hill.

[NikkiGreen]

Saw most of it (I say most, because I've never seen anything in the last year or so without interruptions) on Movie Central a few months back.

What I saw, I thought was quite charming.

I stay tuned in because of my love for all things "Jean Pargeter".

[sarahlee]

Yes, the movie is quiet and unassuming, but it sneaks up on you and I've been thinking about the gentle passion of it ever since...I also loved all the beautiful scenery, I felt like I'd had a few hours at seaside...

[maherjunkie]

I loved it too!

[Cassie]

Thanks Ladies, I saw it today at your recommendations!!

Loved it. I, like the doctor of the village really was suspecting Uma (I think that was her name) of being a spy for the germans. Her watercolors of the landscape, a way to map out the english countryside, thought I.

I have an older english friend, who reminded me of Ursulla, she introduced me to the fine music of Andre Rieu.

It was beautiful, the ending....
just beautiful.... I cried

Thanks

[sarahlee]

You're quite welcome, I'm sure. (As a Lady in Lavendar would say... )