"Hettie Macdonald’s film, which is adapted by Rachel Joyce from her novel of the same name, is effectively a story of faith: Harold isn’t a religious man, but his ‘pilgrimage’ is punctuated by a mantra he devises for himself ‘You will not die, you will not die’"
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Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning actor Jim Broadbent (“The Duke”) will lead the cast of “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,” an adaptation of Rachel Joyce’s bestselling novel.
Broadbent will play the eponymous Harold, who embarks upon a 450-mile walk across the U.K. in the belief that his journey will save the life of his old friend Queenie who is dying in a hospice.
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BAFTA winner Hettie Macdonald (“Normal People”) will direct.
“Rachel’s beautiful story is made for cinema: a raw and emotional portrait of a man battling long-buried feelings of grief and guilt in a vast landscape,” said Macdonald. “I find Harold’s journey across England and his belief that he can make a difference extraordinarily moving and inspiring. I am enormously excited to be working with Jim Broadbent who I kn