Everyone’s talking about… HAMPSTEAD
IT’S THE FEEL-GOOD FILM YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS
EVERY SO OFTEN, A FILM COMES ALONG THAT MAKES YOU LEAVE THE CINEMA FEELING QUITE SIMPLY UPLIFTED – THIS TIME, IT’S SPARKLING NEW ROMANTIC COMEDY, Hampstead. AND WITH AN ALL-STAR CAST INCLUDING ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER DIANE KEATON, BAFTA NOMINEE BRENDAN GLEESON, AS WELL AS JAMES NORTON ( Happy Valley), SIMON CALLOW AND LESLEY MANVILLE, IT’S NO WONDER THERE’S SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT SPECIAL ABOUT IT.
IN THIS UTTERLY CHARMING TALE ABOUT HOPE, COURAGE AND UNEXPECTED LOVE, EMILY WALTERS (KEATON) IS AN AMERICAN WIDOW WHO FEELS SHE’S DRIFTING AIMLESSLY THROUGH LIFE – UNTIL SHE STUMBLES UPON
THE RECLUSIVE DONALD HORNER (GLEESON). DONALD HAS LIVED QUIETLY AND HARMONIOUSLY IN A SHACK ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH FOR
YEARS, AND WHEN HIS HOME COMES
UNDER THREAT BY HEAVY-HANDED PROPERTY DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO BUILD LUXURY APARTMENTS ON THE LAND, HE’S IN DESPERATE NEED OF SOME HELP. SO WHO SHOULD COME TO THE RESCUE, BUT EMILY, WHO LIVES NEARBY AND HAS SPOTTED THE RAMSHACKLE HUT AND ITS UNKEMPT OCCUPANT. WHEN EMILY DISCOVERS THAT IT’S HER FRIEND FIONA (MANVILLE) WHO IS LEADING A COMMUNITY INITIATIVE IN SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPERS, SHE BRAVELY STEPS UP AND VOWS TO SUPPORT DONALD IN HIS BATTLE.
WHAT FOLLOWS WILL SURPRISE, EXCITE AND UPLIFT YOU AS THE PAIR FORM AN UNLIKELY BOND. DIRECTED BY BAFTA WINNER JOEL HOPKINS ( Last Chance Harvey), THIS FUNNY, LIFEAFFIRMING STORY SHOWS HOW LOVE CAN BE FOUND IN THE MOST UNEXPECTED PLACES.
A FEEL-GOOD FILM WITH HEART, THERE’S SOME TRUTH TO THE STORY TOO. GLEESON’S UNDERDOG CHARACTER IS INSPIRED BY IRISHMAN HARRY HALLOWES – OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS “HARRY THE HERMIT” – WHO
LIVED IN A SHACK IN A SECLUDED CORNER OF HAMPSTEAD HEATH FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS (YES, REALLY). HARRY TRIUMPHED AGAINST PROPERTY DEVELOPERS TO WIN THE RIGHT TO THE LAND HE CALLED HOME AND IN 2007, HE WAS AWARDED SQUATTERS’ RIGHTS AND DECLARED THE LEGAL OWNER OF HIS 90FTSQUARE PLOT – WORTH MORE THAN £2 MILLION.
IF STELLAR PERFORMANCES FROM KEATON AND GLEESON AREN’T ENOUGH TO WIN YOU OVER, THE FILM’S WONDERFULLY WITTY, FUN AND MOVING SCRIPT, ALONG WITH STUNNING SHOTS THAT CAPTURE ALL THE BEAUTY OF HAMPSTEAD HEATH, CERTAINLY WILL. Hampstead will be released in UK and Irish cinemas on 23 June. For more information and tickets, go to hampsteadfilmuk.com or facebook.com/HampsteadFilm
Hampstead is a charming tale about hope, courage and unexpected love