Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Found this one on the shelf, purely by chance, as I grabbed some films to have for the long weekend upstate. Didn't watch it in Chichester; brought it back with everything else when I returned yesterday. As I had left Chichester early, to avoid complications from snow (a small storm had beset us in Saturday night into Sunday, with very powerful winds, some gusts forceful enough to snap a pine tree in our yard) and traffic. Watched it yesterday afternoon, at 3.30 (I'd left Chichester a bit after 11, and after stops both in Phoenicia and in Kingston to check the air in Subaru's tires, made excellent time in my ride). Was awed, moved, pleased. Very nice acting. A character-driven plot that works. Very nice, indeed.

Inside of the film reference is made to the film Brief Encounter; Mrs. Palfrey tells Luda of having seen it with her husband back may years ago.

Began watching the director's/producer's commentary version. One interesting piece of trivia is that on eof the actresses, who plays the character Mrs. Arbuthnot is Anna Massey, daughter of Raymond Massey.

Another is that the Claremont Hotel is a real hotel, though not named the Claremont, but the Averard Hotel.