American Walter Elbertson (Timothy Bottoms), in his late teens, is feeling lost within his family of overachievers. Thirty-something Englishwoman Lila Fisher (Dame Maggie Smith) is emotionally repressed. The two meet on their respective vacations in Spain, when, on the spur of the moment, Walter decides to ditch his overly regimented cycling tour group and join the bus tour group of which Lila is a part. They hardly speak to each other during the first few days, and when they... (Full plot summary below)
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American Walter Elbertson (Timothy Bottoms), in his late teens, is feeling lost within his family of overachievers. Thirty-something Englishwoman Lila Fisher (Dame Maggie Smith) is emotionally repressed. The two meet on their respective vacations in Spain, when, on the spur of the moment, Walter decides to ditch his overly regimented cycling tour group and join the bus tour group of which Lila is a part. They hardly speak to each other during the first few days, and when they do, they make each other nervous, since each is scared of life. In spite of their fears of life or largely because of it, they enter into a friendship that blossoms into a romance, however rocky the road to that romance is. Out of circumstance, they abandon the bus tour and travel together through Spain on their own. Their relationship is put to the test of outside scrutiny when they meet and have an extended stay with a Spanish Duke (Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón).
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| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonOne of those immensely modest little 1970s dramedy gems that nobody talks about... but every time anyone sees one of them, their response is always the same: "that was a great little movie". |
| User ReviewLynn DI saw this film when it first came out and absolutely loved it. Touching, funny, fun. I just bought the DVD and am looking forward to seeing it again. The scene that sticks out in my mind is Maggie Smith leaving the lavatory. Almost forty years ago, and I still remember it fondly, and there have been so many films since then that I forgot I've even seen. |
| User ReviewGreg Wgreat spanish locations fill this drama I just recently discovered this '70's gem. |
| User ReviewZoe ZNot bad, a bit slow. Nice cinematography of the spanish countryside. |
