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Elizabeth Is Missing (2019)

Elizabeth Is Missing poster
Directed by
Aisling Walsh
Genre
drama
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An elderly woman with dementia tries to investigate the disappearance of her best friend Elizabeth. As her memory fails her, she uncovers fragments of a long-buried family tragedy.

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What happens

Elizabeth Is Missing is a 2019 British television drama film directed by Aisling Walsh, adapted by Andrea Gibb from the novel of the same name by Emma Healey. It was broadcast on 8 December 2019 on BBC One. It stars Glenda Jackson as Maud, an elderly woman living with dementia who struggles to piece together a double mystery. It premiered on PBS on 3 January 2021 as part of its Masterpiece anthology series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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