TO OLIVIA

By John HAY

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Drama - Completed 2021

The story of the tumultuous marriage between actress Patricia Neal and renowned writer Roald Dahl.

    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 10 - 25 M$
    • Duration
    • 93 mn
    • Director(s)
    • John HAY
    • Writer(s)
    • John HAY, Dave LOGAN
    • Producer(s)
    • Nick QUESTED (Goldcrest), Donall MCCUSKER
    • Synopsis
    • In 1962, Roald Dahl (Hugh Bonneville) was a upcoming children’s author, his wife, Patricia Neal (Keeley Hawes), was a Hollywood movie star. This unlikely pairing retreated to the English countryside to bring up their expanding young family, only for their lives to be turned upside down when their daughter Olivia contracted the measles virus and died. Her death devastated the couple, yet, their shared grief became a source of redemption and strength, Neal going on to win an Oscar and Dahl writing the book which made him a household name.