Catalogued from container. Based on the novel by Elizabeth Taylor. Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend, Zoe Tapper, Anna Massey, Robert Lang.
Summary:
Mrs Palfrey has moved from Scotland to London to be closer to her grandson, Desmond, and takes up residency at the Claremont Hotel. Her high hopes for the cosmopolitan life of living in a busy city are soon lost as her grandson makes no effort to visit her. But fate steps in when Mrs. Palfrey, who stumbles and falls in the street, is rescued by Ludo, a struggling young writer. To thank Ludo properly for his kindness, Mrs. Palfrey invites him to dinner at the Claremont, where, through a gently deception, he is introduced to the other residents as her long-awaited, 'mythical' grandson, Desmond...
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