The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023)

This one on Prime Video is quirky, to say the least. I had to remind myself it was also a fantasy.

Pensioner Harold Fry lives in Kingsbridge in south Devon with his wife Maureen, leading a humdrum life. Hearing that a former work colleague, Queenie Hennessy, is dying from cancer in a hospice in Berwick-upon-Tweed, he writes her a letter, but feels that his words are an unworthy gesture. Too ashamed to post the letter, he puts the decision off by visiting a petrol garage shop, where the attendant tells him her own encouragement helped her aunt fight cancer. He calls the hospice and asks them to tell Queenie that he intends to walk to Berwick – some 500 miles – and she must hold onto her life until he arrives.

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(Fun fact: Jim Broadbent’s birthday is just 3 days after my wife’s birthday.)

It’s a film about hope and healing, but its accidental benefit to at least four other characters in the story is the reflected light that shines into their lives, due to Harold’s efforts. The ending sequence confirms this. So, it really is about how we are all on this journey together.