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Off the Rails (2021)

Off the Rails poster
Directed by
Jules Williamson
Genre
comedy
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
M
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three women in their 50s take a train trip across Europe to honor a friend who recently died. They are joined by her teenage daughter, and together they revisit memories from a journey they took decades ago.

bittersweetnostalgiclightheartedheartfeltgentlereflectivehopeful

What happens

Off the Rails is a 2021 comedy-drama film directed by Jules Williamson, and written by Jordan Waller. The film stars Kelly Preston, Jenny Seagrove, Sally Phillips and Franco Nero. Three long-time friends in their 50s embark on a European train adventure to relive a trip many years earlier with their recently deceased friend, Anna Farmer. She left them train tickets on the condition her teenage daughter Maddie join them. This was the final film appearance for Kelly Preston before her death in 2020 and the film is dedicated to her memory. The film premiered in London on 22 July 2021 and was released on 23 July in the UK and Ireland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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