{"id":29563,"date":"2023-02-01T11:30:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T10:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1777551"},"modified":"2023-02-01T16:56:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T15:56:41","slug":"new-emotional-trailer-unveiled-for-the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/new-emotional-trailer-unveiled-for-the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry\/","title":{"rendered":"New emotional trailer unveiled for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the director of Normal People, the beloved best-selling novel is being adapted for the big screen. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 01 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Based on the best-selling novel by Rachel Joyce, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is the inspirational and life-affirming tale of one man\u2019s walk across England, and is coming to cinemas this April.<\/p>\n

Now, RadioTimes.com<\/a> has an exclusive first look at the trailer for the upcoming film<\/a>, which stars Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent<\/a> and Penelope Wilton as Harold and Maureen respectively. A word of warning: you may want to keep the tissues close while watching this one.<\/p>

While the tale is an uplifting one of self-discovery and redemption, the trailer also shows it\u2019s an emotional story of one man who embarks on a cross-country walk of hope, all with the target of reaching Berwick-upon-Tweed to visit his friend Queenie in hospice.<\/p>\n

The trailer also shows us that while Harold initially only planned on leaving Queenie a message, he was moved to walk to her instead. \u201cTell her I\u2019m going to keep walking and she must keep living,\u201d he says to the operator before embarking on his journey.<\/p>\n

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry official film poster.<\/span><\/figcaption> Entertainment One<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019m walking a long way but I haven\u2019t quite got the hang of it yet,\u201d he says to a child that he encounters on his journey and is quick to tell him that he smells. We see him bathe in streams and accept the kindness of strangers, but his wife is at home is increasingly perplexed at her husband\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n

Soon, Harold is everywhere and on the front of newspapers, amassing a loyal group of strangers walking alongside him on the way, too. But his wife admits: \u201cI wish you\u2019d come home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve spent my life not doing anything and now at last, I am,\u201d he tells her. It soon becomes apparent that he feels as though he\u2019s failed previously at being a husband and father to his own son, who he can be seen crying out for at the end of the trailer.<\/p>\n

Will this new journey provide him with the feeling of completion he\u2019s been looking for? Watch the trailer below.<\/p>