Quartet
Fri Jan 11th
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Dustin Hoffman
Writer: Ronald Harwood
Starring: Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Tom Courtenay
Quartet (TIFF) tells the story of retired opera singers and lifelong friends Wilf (Billy Connolly) and Reggie (Tom Courtenay) who, together with their former colleague Cissy (Pauline Collins), reside in the Beecham House retirement home for Opera singers. Each year on Oct 10th, Giuseppe Verdi’s birthday, the residents arrange a concert to raise funds for their home. But when Jean Horton (Maggie Smith) Reggie’s ex-wife and the fourth and most celebrated member of their former quartet, moves into the home to everyone’s surprise, the plans for this year’s concert start to unravel.
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