QUARTET (2012) UK comedy-drama, directed by Dustin Hoffman, starring Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly. 98 min. Rated 12A.

Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut stars Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly and Pauline Colllins as opera singers living in a retirement home for gifted musicians. Diva Maggie Smith’s arrival upsets the equilibrium, with both comedic and dramatic results.

The film is released in the UK on 1st January 2013 and is already being called this year’s Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

The Guardian calls Quartet, which opened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, “a love letter to elderly thesps,” with “a view of old age that would cheer even the most pessimistic.”

A fitting finale to Hayle Film Club's first season. Encore!