Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont

Mrs. Palfrey an elegant, genteel widow, has come from Scotland to London to take up residency at the Claremont Hotel. She had high hopes for the cosmopolitan pleasures of living in a big city but she is soon filled with a sense of uneasiness and slight gloom as she surveys her drab surroundings. The only bright spot in her decision to come to London is that she will be closer to her only grandson, Desmond.

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"Mrs. Palfrey an elegant, genteel widow, has come from Scotland to London to take up residency at the Claremont Hotel. She had high hopes for the cosmopolitan pleasures of living in a big city but she is soon filled with a sense of uneasiness and slight gloom as she surveys her drab surroundings. The only bright spot in her decision to come to London is that she will be closer to her only grandson, Desmond."@en
"Mrs. Palfrey, an elegant, genteel widow, came from Scotland to London to take up residence at the Claremont Hotel. Though she had high hopes for the cosmopolitan pleasures of living in a big city, she is soon filled with a sense of uneasiness and gloom. The only bright spot is that she will be closer to her only grandson."@en
"Recent widow, Mrs. Palfrey, moves into a London retirement hotel among an odd assortment of people. When she slips on a walk and is aided by a penniless young writer, she invites him to dine at the Claremont and plays along when the other dining guests assume he's her grandson. A friendship develops giving her a companion with whom she can talk about memories and poetry as she gives him ideas and support for his writing. But what of her actual family?"
"Recent widow, Mrs. Palfrey, moves into a London retirement hotel among an odd assortment of people. When she slips on a walk and is aided by a penniless young writer, she invites him to dine at the Claremont and plays along when the other dining guests assume he's her grandson. A friendship develops giving her a companion with whom she can talk about memories and poetry as she gives him ideas and support for his writing. But what of her actual family?"@en
"Recently widowed Mrs. Palfrey, from Scotland, arrives at the Claremont Hotel in London to spend her remaining days near her grandson Desmond. Residents at the Claremont fend off their twin enemies of boredom and the grim reaper and Mrs Palfrey feels uneasy and lonely. One day Mrs Palfrey meets Ludo, a young writer, and we learn that even the old can fall in love."
"Recently widowed Mrs. Palfrey, from Scotland, arrives at the Claremont Hotel in London to spend her remaining days near her grandson Desmond. Residents at the Claremont fend off their twin enemies of boredom and the grim reaper and Mrs Palfrey feels uneasy and lonely. One day Mrs Palfrey meets Ludo, a young writer, and we learn that even the old can fall in love."@en
""All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer"--Internet movie database, as viewed on January 11, 2007."
"Based on the novel by Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont tells the tale of Mrs. Palfrey (Joan Plowright), an elegant, genteel widow who has come to London to take up residency at the Claremont Hotel. Her heart is filled with the promise of cosmopolitan pleasures in the big city, until reality takes hold. There's one hope: her grandson Desmond. A chance meeting becomes a chance for happiness, as life takes an unexpected turn, and more than one person discovers the joy of a life well lived."
"After the death of her husband, Mrs. Palfrey adapts to her new life at the Claremont Hotel and begins a friendship with a younger man."@en
"Mrs. Palfrey, an elegant, genteel widow, came from Scotland to London to take up residence at the Claremont Hotel. Though she had high hopes for the cosmopolitan pleasures of living in a big city, she is soon filled with a sense of uneasiness and gloom."@en