Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland go on one final roadtrip in "The Leasure Seeker"

Record ID: 908570

  • Title: Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland go on one final roadtrip in "The Leasure Seeker"
  • Date: 3rd September 2017
  • Summary: VENICE, ITALY (SEPTEMBER 3, 2017) (REUTERS) ACTRESS HELEN MIRREN GETTING OUT OF CAR AND GREETING FANS SAYING SHE IS SORRY BUT THEY HAVE NO TIME / DIRECTOR PAOLO VIRZI WALKING TO GREET FANS AND MEDIA ACTOR DONALD SUTHERLAND WALKING OVER TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS SUTHERLAND, VIRZI AND MIRREN SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AND GREETING FANS MIRREN POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH FANS AND SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS SUTHERLAND, MIRREN AND VIRZI SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS MEDIA CALLING OUT TO SUTHERLAND SUTHERLAND WAVING AS HE LEAVES
  • Embargoed: 17th September 2017 17:02
  • Keywords: The Leisure Seeker movie Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland arrive in Venice Venice Film Festival premiere Italian director Paolo Virzi
  • Location: VENICE, ITALY AND VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
  • City: VENICE, ITALY AND VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Film
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026X1KD3H
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: In "The Leisure Seeker" Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland star as Ella and John, an elderly couple who one day, to the horror of their adult children, vanish.
    The couple, John suffering from advanced dementia and Ella with advancing cancer, have escaped the prospect of a future in a nursing home and hospital in their rusty but trusty camper van and embarked on a final holiday together.
    As they travel down towards the Key West from their Massachusetts home, it becomes evident Ella has carefully planned out their final trip - all the way through its end.
    "The Leisure Seeker" is veteran Italian director Paolo Virzi's first English-language movie and his first film set outside Italy.
    Addressing reporters at the Venice Film Festival where the film receives its world premiere on Sunday (September 3) Virzi said he had never planned to make movies outside of Italy when he was convinced to develop the film and write its screenplay. Thinking he was playing it safe, he said he would only agree to direct if Mirren and Sutherland would be cast as his two leads. To his surprise, the two stars agreed.
    The director and his cast said they wanted to make a film that celebrated the difficult choice of the couple at the end of their lives. Mirren and Sutherland added they found their characters easy relate to.
    The movie is one of 21 U.S. and international movies competing for the Golden Lion that will be awarded on Sept. 9.
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