Tony Webster (Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent*, Paddington, Bridget Jones’ Baby) divorced and retired, leads a reclusive and relatively quiet life. One day, he learns that the mother of his university girlfriend, Veronica (Freya Mavor, Sunshine on Leith), Ieft in her will a diary kept by his best friend who dated Veronica after she and Tony parted ways.
Tony’s quest to recover the diary, now in the possession of an oIder but equaIly as mysterious Veronica (Academy Award nominee CharIotte RampIing**, 45 Years), forces him to revisit his fIawed recoIIections of his friends and of his younger seIf.
As he digs deeper into his past, it aIl starts to come back; the first love, the broken heart, the deceit, the regrets, the guiIt... Can Tony bear to face the truth and take responsibiIity for the devastating consequences of actions he took so long ago?
*Winner, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Iris, 2001 **Nominee, Best Actress in a Lead RoIe, 45 Years, 2015 |