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Directed by | John Madden |
Produced by | Graham Broadbent Peter Czernin |
Written by | Ol Parker |
Based on | These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach |
Starring | Judi Dench Bill Nighy Dev Patel Tom Wilkinson Maggie Smith |
Music by | Thomas Newman |
Cinematography | Ben Davis |
Editing by | Chris Gill |
Studio | Participant Media Imagenation Abu Dhabi Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Release date(s) | February 24, 2012 |
Running time | 118 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is an upcoming British comedy-drama film directed by John Madden and written by Ol Parker. The film stars Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson and Maggie Smith. The plot follows the life of a group of British retirees staying in an elderly home in India. The film is set to be released on Februrary 24 in the UK and on May 4, 2012 in the US.[1]
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A group of British retirees have outsourced their retirement attracted by the less expensive and seemingly exotic India. They are enticed by advertisements about the newly restored Marigold Hotel and given false dreams of a life with leisure. They arrive to find the hotel in a state of its former self. Although the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, the retirees are forever transformed by their experiences.[2]
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