The Leisure Seeker is a 2017 comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, in his first full English-language feature. The film is based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian. It stars Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland, acting together for the first time since the 1990 film Bethune: The Making of a Hero. It was screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival. Mirren received a Golden Globe nomination for her work in the film.
Premise
Traveling in a vintage Winnebago recreational vehicle, John and Ella Spencer take one last road trip from Wellesley, Massachusetts to the Ernest Hemingway House in the Florida Keys before his dementia and her cancer can catch up with them.
Cast
Donald Sutherland as John Spencer
Helen Mirren as Ella Spencer
Christian McKay as Will Spencer
Janel Moloney as Jane Spencer
Dana Ivey as Lillian
Dick Gregory as Dan Coleman
Kirsty Mitchell as Jennifer Ward
Robert Pralgo as Phillip
Mylie Stone as Emily Ward
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