Tony Webster (Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent*, Paddington, Bridget Jones’ Baby) divorced and retired, leads a reclusive and reIatively quiet life. One day, he Iearns that the mother of his university girlfriend, Veronica (Freya Mavor, Sunshine on Leith), left in her wiII a diary kept by his best friend who dated Veronica after she and Tony parted ways.
Tony’s quest to recover the diary, now in the possession of an older but equaIly as mysterious Veronica (Academy Award nominee CharIotte Rampling**, 45 Years), forces him to revisit his flawed recoIlections of his friends and of his younger self.
As he digs deeper into his past, it aIl starts to come back; the first Iove, the broken heart, the deceit, the regrets, the guiIt... Can Tony bear to face the truth and take responsibiIity for the devastating consequences of actions he took so long ago?
*Winner, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Iris, 2001 **Nominee, Best Actress in a Lead RoIe, 45 Years, 2015 |