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A Month of Sundays

A Month of Sundays

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A resident of an old people's home is asked to join his scheming daughter's household, forcing him to choose between loyalty to a dying friend and a desire to get to know his grandson. Comedy drama, starring Hume Cronyn, Vincent Gardenia and Michele Scarabelli

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Hume Cronyn and Vincent Gardenia won Primetime Emmys for their performances in this wry but deeply poignant HBO saga, which is also known as Age-Old Friends. Marooned in a retirement home, Cronyn and Gardenia play chess and memory games to avoid drifting off to what they call "Zombieland". But, while Gardenia is physically strong, his mind has started to fail him, and the sharp-tongued Cronyn battles to keep him functioning between bouts of flirting with nurse Michele Scarabelli and testy exchanges with cleaner Esther Rolle and daughter Tandy Cronyn, who bears the brunt for her son's refusal to visit his adoring grandfather. George Cole and Geoffrey Bayldon had taken the roles in the West End production of the prize-winning play by Bob Larbey, who had previously scripted several classic sitcoms with John Esmonde. It's always tempting to open out stage scenarios, but director Allan Kroeker sagely recognises that the drama's strength lies in the dialogue and the rapport between the spikily compassionate Cronyn and Gardenia's slowly fading pal.

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Cast

rolenameJohn CooperHume CronynMichael AylottVincent GardeniaJuliaTandy CronynPeterBarry FlatmanNurse WilsonMichele ScarabelliMrs BakerEsther RolleDr SpearsAaron Schwartz

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rolenameDirectorAllan Kroeker

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English

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