Emily Walters is an American widow living a peaceful, uneventful existence in the idyllic Hampstead Village of London, when she meets local recluse, Donald Horner. For 17 years, Donald has lived—wildly yet peacefully—in a ramshackle hut near the edge of the forest. When Emily learns his home is the target of developers who will stop at nothing to remove him, saving Donald and his property becomes her personal mission. Despite his gruff exterior and polite refusals for help, Emily is drawn to him—as he is to her—and what begins as a charitable cause evolves into a relationship that will grow even as the bulldozers close in.
Diane Keaton
as Emily Walters
Brendan Gleeson
as Donald Horner
James Norton
as Philip
Lesley Manville
as Fiona
Jason Watkins
as James Smythe
Simon Callow
as Judge
Alistair Petrie
as Steve Crowley
Phil Davis
as Fyfe
Hugh Skinner
as Erik
Adeel Akhtar
as Donald's Lawyer
Rosalind Ayres
as Susan
Deborah Findlay
as Mary Neal
