Hettie Macdonald, who co-directed the TV series of Sally Rooney's Normal People with Irish director Lenny Abrahamson, is bringing another bestseller to screens - a film adaptation of Rachel Joyce's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
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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
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Feb 3 (Reuters) - The inaugural Collins Cup, an international triathlon competition in Samorin, Slovakia, will take place on Aug. 28, the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) announced on Wednesday.
The tournament, modelled after the Ryder Cup in golf, will have three teams the United States of America, Europe and Internationals. Each team will have 12 professional triathletes which will include six men and six women.
Four men and four women will earn a spot in their teams based on their PTO world ranking while the rest will be selected by PTO board members and team captains. The Collins Cup is going to see legendary team captains lead today s very best triathletes in a battle to see which region dominates the sport of triathlon, Rachel Joyce, co-president of the PTO, said in a statement.
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