Overview

• The film adaptation of Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir premiered in UK cinemas on May 30, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs under the direction of Marianne Elliott.
• It follows Raynor and Moth Winn’s 630-mile trek along England’s South West Coast Path after a financial dispute left them homeless and Moth diagnosed with corticobasal degeneration.
• Reviewers have commended Anderson and Isaacs for their compelling portrayals and Hélène Louvart’s sweeping drone cinematography of the coastline.
• Critics have also critiqued Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s pared-down script for glossing over the memoir’s deeper social commentary and emotional complexity.
• Isaacs and Anderson spent a week rehearsing to capture the couple’s dynamics before filming on location along the South West Coast Path in 2023.