We were in Newport and it was quite cold and crisp, even though the skies were a lovely blue. Went to car park to collect the car to go home and noted that Lavender Ladies was on at the Cinema at 11am so we went to see it. Judy Dench and Maggie Smith were two elderly sisters (JD is a spinster and MS is a WW1 widow) and Miriam Margoles was their daily help. Shall I continue. The time of the story was September 1939 and they live in Cornwall in an old house perched high above the bay.
JD (Ursula) sees a body on the beach - she calls MS (Janet) and they find that the body is a young man - still breathing. They call for the local fisherman and between them the get the young man to their house. He is a young man who they eventually find out can speak German. He has a sprained ankle but is very handsome. so they call for the doctor, who comes and treats YM and they then discover that he is not German but Polish. I'll call him YM as I forget his name. There is a background of War talk and they are all hoping for peace. Dr is suspicious. The sisters decide to keep him. They feed him and Ursula feels more than motherly towards him, in typical JD acting style. YM gets better and ankle mends. They go into Truro and buy him a whole set of clothes, which they find fit him perfectly when they get back home. They are listening to the radio to a piano recital and YM says he prefers violin. They send for local fiddle player, who plays for him and then lends him his violin. YM plays beautifully and a young lady in the village, who is also Polish and on a painting holiday, hears him and says he is of concert standard. Tells her brother who is the famous conductor - she asks the sisters to give YM a letter telling him of the fact. The sisters are afraid to lose him and keep the letter from him. YM plays the fiddle at the village hop and everyone is amazed. YM comes home drunk and the sisters are worried. JD falls in love with him, but MS warns her off as she is too old. YM meets Polish painter and Dr (who is smitten by beautiful Polish girl) hears them talking in German and is jealous. He warns the police. What the two Poles were talking about was that her brother wants to hear YM play violin so they both catch the train to London. Consternation in the village - are they German spies? YM sends apologies to sisters and tells them that he is giving a solo concert as a result of famous conductor. The whole village tune in to the concert, but the two sisters have also gone to London to attend the concert. All ends happily. Lovely acting from JD & MS and MM. Super settings of 1. Fishermen holding an impromptu market on the seashore 2. The local village hop and 3 the whole village in the sisters house listening to the wireless. A lovely film (shades of T With Musso.) beautifully cast, in true old Brit style.
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