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Nebraska
Why this pick
Like The Last Bus, it turns a modest long-distance journey into a tender portrait of ageing, grief, and unexpected connection, with gentle humour and a quietly humane view of strangers.
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MOVIE2021 1h 28m GBR
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Mr. Holmes
Why this pick
Its calm, compassionate study of an elderly man revisiting memory and unfinished emotional business matches The Last Bus’s reflective pace and quietly affecting focus on dignity in old age.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A heart-warming tale of Tom (Timothy Spall), a pensioner whose wife, Mary (Phyllis Logan), has just passed away, who travels from Britain's most Northerly point, John O'Groats, to his original home town at its most Southerly point, Land's End, using his free bus pass. He carries with him his wife's ashes in a small suitcase, travelling the length of the country to take her back home. Along the way, his adventures are recorded by the people he meets and helps, and by the end of his trip he has unwittingly become a social media celebrity.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Timothy Spall
Tom
Phyllis Logan
Mary
Celyn Jones
Doctor Martin
Grace Calder
Fran
Brian Pettifer
Billy
Colin McCredie
Graham
Iain Robertson
Andrey
Sheila Grier
Moira