Quartet (2012)

Name: Quartet
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 98 min
Cast: Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon

Quartet

PG-13

Comedy

Documentary

Drama

Romance

Release Date: September 8, 2012
Director: Dustin Hoffman
Cast: Maggie Smith , Tom Courtenay , Billy Connolly , Pauline Collins , Michael Gambon , Sheridan Smith
Runtime: 98
Main Genre: Comedy
Writers: Ronald Harwood
Tagline: Four friends looking for a little harmony.
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/quartet

Summary

Cecily, Reggie and Wilfred are in a home for retired opera singers. Every year, on October 10, there is a concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing. Still, the show must go on... and it does. Beecham House is abuzz. The rumor circling the halls is that the home for retired musicians is soon to play host to a new resident. Word is, it's a star. For Reginald Paget (Tom Courtenay), Wilfred Bond (Billy Connolly) and Cecily Robson (Pauline Collins) this sort of talk is par for the course at the gossipy home. But they're in for a special shock when the new arrival turns out to be none other than their former singing partner, Jean Horton (Maggie Smith). Her subsequent career as a star soloist, and the ego that accompanied it, split up their long friendship and ended her marriage to Reggie, who takes the news of her arrival particularly hard. Can the passage of time heal old wounds? And will the famous quartet be able to patch up their differences in time for Beecham House's gala concert?