Underplayed Gems

Ring of Bright Water (1969)

Ring of Bright Water poster
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
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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.

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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)

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