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Lifelong friends Wilf and Reggie, together with former colleague Cissy, are residents of Beecham House, a home for retired opera singers. Every year on Giuseppe Verdi's birthday, the residents unite to give a concert to raise funds for their home. But when Jean Horton, a former grande dame of the opera fallen on hard times, also Reggie's ex-wife and the fourth and most celebrated member of their former quartet, moves into the home to everyone's surprise, the plans for this year's concert start to unravel.
As old grudges threaten to undermine past glories and theatrical temperaments play havoc with the rehearsal schedule, it becomes apparent that having four of the finest singers in English operatic history under one roof offers no guarantee that the show will go on.
Based on Ronald Harwood's stage play of the same name, Quartet is a wickedly comic film about redefining old age and growing old with hope; demonstrating how art illuminates life and the human spirit remains undimmed even as the brightest stars start to fade.
Quartet is actor Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut, and was nominated for a 2013 Golden Globe for Maggie Smith's performance (Best Actress - Comedy or Musical).
Starring:
Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Sheridan Smith
Director:
Dustin Hoffman
Producers:
Finola Dwyer, Stewart MacKinnon
Screenplay:
Ronald Harwood
Executive Producers:
Jamie Laurenson, Dario Suter, Christoph Daniel, Marc Schmidheiny, Dickon Stainer, Xavier Marchand, Dustin Hoffman
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Credits summary:
±«Óãtv Films and DCM Productions present a Headline Pictures and Finola Dwyer Productions production in association with Momentum Pictures/Alliance Films and Decca and HanWay Films
Certificate:
12A
Running time:
98 mins
Released:
4 January 2013
Out on DVD:
6 May 2013