Ladies of Letters DVD

For Irene (Lipman) and Vera (Reid) a tipsy under-the-table conversation at a wedding sparks a correspondence of exploits and adventures of blissful holidays delicious recipes and grateful grandchildren. As the pensioner pen-pals keep their spirits up with sherry and shared recipes their attempts at long-distance one-upmanship are strained by fractious families misfiring romance and personal misfortune. In reality they are both lonely and taken for granted by their families. Whether they are discussing the annual cricket club dance a protest at a nuclear fuel dump or... the prison ship in which they both wind up the well-mannered acrimony-laced missives just keep on coming. But for all the unspoken animosity it is clear that their correspondence is a lifeline for them and for all the unspoken animosity they need each other. [show more]

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