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7.6/10   593 votes
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Director:
Sheree Folkson
Writers:
Gerald Durrell (book)
Simon Nye (written by)
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Release Date:
27 December 2005 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
An English family relocates to sunny Greece in the months before WWII. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
A lovely and interesting story, excellently adapted and presented for TV more (12 total)

Cast

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Imelda Staunton ... Mother
Chris Langham ... Theodore Stephanides

Omid Djalili ... Spiro

Matthew Goode ... Larry Durrell
Russell Tovey ... Leslie Durrell
Tamzin Merchant ... Margot Durrell
Eugene Simon ... Gerald Durrell
Kostas Tziotakis ... Customs Officer
Mihalis Giannatos ... Porter / Waiter (as Michalis Giannatos)
Olga Tournaki ... Agathi
Dimitris Kaberidis ... Rose-Beetle Man
David Armand ... George
Antonis Antoniou ... Yani

George Couyas ... Turkish Boyfriend
Efi Papatheodorou ... Lugaretsia
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:PG
Filming Locations:
Corfu, Greece
Company:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) more

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Quotes:
[first lines]
Larry Durrell: Why do we put up with this bloody climate? I mean, look at us: Gerry can't speak,
Gerald Durrell: Uh?
Larry Durrell: Lesley can't hear.
Leslie Durrell: What?
Larry Durrell: Margot's got a face like a plate of red porridge.
Margot Durrell: Shut up.
Larry Durrell: Mother's beginning to look like an Irish washerwoman.
Mother: I am not.
Larry Durrell: It's August. We need sunshine.
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A lovely and interesting story, excellently adapted and presented for TV, 10 April 2007
8/10
Author: donflo-2 from Australia

A favourite story of mine for very many years this translation into a TV movie is sensitively and accurately adapted, much of the dialogue is exactly as Gerald Durrell wrote it. If only the TV writers, producers, directors would do as well with so many other sadly failing efforts! The actors in this are very well chosen and give faithful and often understated performances. In particular the lad playing Gerald is very good indeed, but I only single him out from a splendid ensemble effort because of his youth. If I had to make a criticism it would be that the character of Spiro was somewhat more restrained than I had envisaged from the book. All in all, a little gem. It was screened by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Sunday 8th. April 2007.

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