Jim Broadbent stars in the new film \u2013\u00a0which has just been released in UK cinemas. <\/p>
Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton lead the cast for the tear-jerking new film The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, which arrives in UK cinemas this weekend.<\/p>\n
Broadbent takes on the role of the title character \u2013 who decides to embark on a long quest from his home in Devon to Berwick-upon-Tweed, where old friend Queenie has recently been placed into hospice care.<\/p>\n
Throughout the film, the character meets a vast array of people from all walks of life, while we also peel back the layers of his own tragic backstory and the exact nature of his friendship with Queenie.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve watched the film already \u2013 or are planning a trip to the cinema to watch it soon \u2013 you might be wondering if the film is based on a true story. Read on for everything you need to know.<\/p>
No \u2013 the film is not based on a true story, but it is adapted from a novel of the same name by Rachel Joyce<\/a>, which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2012 and won the UK\u00a0National Book Award for New Writer of the Year.<\/p>\n That book was itself based on Joyce\u2019s own short radio play, which she dedicated to her father \u2013 who was dying from cancer while she was writing it and sadly did not live long enough to hear the finished script.<\/p>\n