Man in an Orange Shirt 2017

     There are two stories in this series. The first one is during WWII and the aftermath of the war.  Michael and Thomas are both injured during fighting and they meet in a hospital camp.  They become friends and later Thomas marries Flora.  Thomas and Flora have a son and he’s named Robert James.  Michael is a painter with a cottage in France and he leaves it to Thomas and Flora when he dies.  The second story skips a generation and it is about Flora and her grandson Adam.  He is a veterinarian and he lives with Flora.  She gives Adam the cottage in France that was left to her by her husband Michael.  Adam meets an architect and they begin to renovate the cottage.

     I didn't know anything about this film before viewing and the subject was unexpected.  At first I didn't know a generation had been skipped and then I caught on to that.  The characters are believable and the acting is good.  I do like dramas filmed in the UK.  3* (This movie is OK)      

 

120 min, two episodes, Drama written by Patrick Gale with Julian Morris, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, David J Biscoe, Flaminia Clinque, Joanna Vanderham, David Gyasi, James Godden, Amanda Rawnsley, Tommy Bastow, Drew Edwards.

Note:  Imdb 8 out of 10, 89% critic 77% audience on Rotten Tomatoes,Metacritic 72 out of 100 with 6 critics 6.3 out of 10 user score with 7 ratings, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 31 reviews,

Special Note:  Filmed in The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, London, England, UK.  A lot of the material in this series is autobiographical for writer Patrick Gale.  The screenplay was written over a period of six years and Gale is also a celebrated British novelist.  He has written Take Nothing With You, A Place Called Winter, Gentleman's Relish: Stories, Rough Music, Armistead Maupin, A Perfectly Good Man and 12 other titles.