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18/06/2021 Drama 1h 28m
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Returning to the past, he found his future.

Overview

Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Caithness to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. It's an incident-fuelled nostalgia trip and his encounters with local people make him a media phenomenon. Tom is totally unaware and to his surprise on arrival at Land’s End he’s greeted as a celebrity.

  1. Gillies MacKinnon

    Director

  2. Joe Ainsworth

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Timothy Spall

    Tom

  2. Phyllis Logan

    Mary

  3. Natalie Mitson

    Young Mary

  4. Ben Ewing

    Young Tom

  5. Patricia Panther

    Tracy

  6. Saskia Ashdown

    Imogen

  7. Colin McCredie

    Graham

  8. Marnie Baxter

    Alice

  9. Iain Robertson

    Andrey

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-01-02
Having recently lost his wife to cancer, "Tom" (Timothy Spall) decides to meticulously follow a route they took many years earlier from John O'Groats in Caithness all the way down the island of Great Britain to his hometown near Land's End in Cornwall - some 800-odd miles away. Armed only with a thick coat and a tiny suitcase, he determines to use his bus pass and along the way meets a wide variety of caring - and not so caring - individuals who engage with him, invite him into their lives, or just throw him off the bus for not having a ticket! As his journey continues he starts to attract the...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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