Ring of Bright Water (1969)

Directed by

Jack Couffer

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

G

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A London man quits his city job and moves to a remote cottage on the Scottish coast. He adopts a pet otter, and they adapt to life together in the wild landscape.

whimsicalgentlebittersweetnostalgicearthyslow-pacedmelancholicheartfelt

What happens

Ring of Bright Water is a 1969 British comedy-drama film directed by Jack Couffer and starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna. It is a story about a Londoner and his pet otter living on the Scottish coast. The story is fictional, but is adapted from the 1960 autobiographical book of the same name by Gavin Maxwell. It featured the stars of Born Free (1966), another film about a close relationship between humans and a wild animal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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