Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015)

Directed by

Dearbhla Walsh

Genre

romance, comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

0

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 128 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired bachelor falls in love with his neighbor, a widow who keeps a tortoise. He devises a clever plan to win her affection by communicating with her pet.

gentlequirkyromanticslow-pacedwhimsicallightheartedcozy

What happens

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, or simply Esio Trot, is a British comedy drama television film directed by Dearbhla Walsh and written by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, based on the 1990 novel, Esio Trot, by Roald Dahl. In the film, a retired bachelor (Dustin Hoffman) falls in love with his neighbour, a widow (Judi Dench) who keeps a tortoise as a companion after the death of her husband. Roald Dahl's Esio Trot debuted in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2015, on BBC One. It was seen by 7.86 million viewers, making it the ninth-most watched programme on BBC One and across all United Kingdom TV channels for the week ending 4 January 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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