Saving Grace

2000 • 90 minutes

About this movie

The who's who of British acting & comedy elite star in the darkly comic Golden Globe nominated crime drama. Starring Brenda Blethyn, Martin Clunes, Bill Bailey and Tchéky Karyo. From Nigel Cole, the director of Made in Dagenham and Calendar Girls & written by Mark Crowdy (Doc Martin). Grace Trevethan's idyllic life on the Cornish coast is turning upside down. Faced with her husband's untimely death, a mountain of debt, a former mistress and the prospect of losing her beautiful manor house, Grace decides to put her green fingers to work. Desperate times call for desperate measures and with a little prompting from her now under-employed gardener Matthew, Graceswaps her prize-winning orchids for marijuana. Together, they convert her state-of-the-art greenhouse into what she hopes will be their goldmine and salvation. Valuable as marijuana is, it's not a currency the bank recognises. So, Grace leaves the safety of her Cornish village to sell her produce to the menacing underworld of London's Notting Hill. The pressures of her new-found enterprise begin to catch up with her, as gangsters, debt collectors and the police are in hot pursuit. Will Grace Trevethan, fine upstanding member of the local community turn to a life of crime?

Ratings and reviews

A gentle, uplifting movie. Great story.

A great story , really enjoyed it .

Good funny