
A bus breaks down in the wilderness. Seven elderly women,average age 71 and one 27 year old are stranded at a deserted farmhouse. The have only their wits, their memories, and eventually some roasted frogs' legs, to sustain them. Through the long days and nights this remarkable group of strangers share their life stories and exchange intimate thoughts; turning the crisis into a magical time of humor and spirit. Featuring non-professional actors and spontaneous dialogue, this ... (Full plot summary below)
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A bus breaks down in the wilderness. Seven elderly women,average age 71 and one 27 year old are stranded at a deserted farmhouse. The have only their wits, their memories, and eventually some roasted frogs' legs, to sustain them. Through the long days and nights this remarkable group of strangers share their life stories and exchange intimate thoughts; turning the crisis into a magical time of humor and spirit. Featuring non-professional actors and spontaneous dialogue, this memorable film dissolves the barrier between fiction and reality, weaving a heartwarming tale of friendship and courage.
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| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatYears may have wrinkled the skin of these women but their souls sparkle with surprising inner beauty. |
| User ReviewMelinda Lplease see this movie. it's a treasure. |
| User ReviewAurora SWhat a wonderful movie. The women were amazing, especially considering that was mostly improv. |
| User ReviewKerry KLoved it. Quiet, slow but subtle and fulfilling. Really enjoyable. The actors were wonderful. |
| User ReviewBlair FOne of my all-time favorite films. Not really a film so much as a documentary, and a very simple one. Just several unique, interesting, spirited women getting to know one another. But that's what I like about it. They don't try to make them look cute, as a lesser movie might. The film shows them essentially as they are. These women were fortunate enough to be immortalized in film (if a nearly-forgotten one), and we're fortunate to get to know them. |
| User ReviewDebbie HThis is one of my favorite movies - story telling at it's finest. Just watch it, no other comments from me until you do so. |
| User ReviewJanet KBeth and I watched this the other night on Netflix. Very difficult to believe you were watching a movie. Superb acting, directing and story. |
| User ReviewPrivate UOriginal title is The Company of Strangers (Strangers in Good Company seems to be its US title). Lovely film, absolutely charming. The kind of film that can only be made by an institution like the National Film Board. Appropriately slow paced for a film in which a group of elderly ladies, initially strangers, share stories of their lives. Delightful. |
| User ReviewSharon SNo-one I know has ever seen this movie, but it's one of the most tender, humorous and unsentimental films about aging I have ever seen (and this is NOT a subject I;m easily drawn to)--I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't at some point in their life, find it enormously rewarding. |
| User ReviewDavey MAs perfect and admirable and touching and compassionate a film as ever there was--director Cynthia Scott deserves to be canonized for this. There should be more movies like this, and like much of Louis Malle's work (and certainly others as well)--films that take their time to look at people and listen to conversations and enlarge worlds. Some of the saddest, sweetest, and most uplifting 105 minutes in film history. A masterpiece that everyone in this world should see. |