Description:

Middle aged Chris Harper and Annie Clarke are best friends. They spend much of their time at their local Knapely, Yorkshire County chapter of the Women's Institute (WI), whose motto is "enlightenment, fun and friendship". Although they like most of the women at the WI (the friendship part), they, but the perceived flaky Chris in particular, hold the way Marie, the local president, runs the chapter with derision. They find much of what goes on there, especially the monthly presentations, banal and devoid of enlightenment and fun. Equally as banal was last year's fund-raising calendar, featuring local bridges, which raised a meager 75.60, with this year's proposed calendar, local churches, promising to be even more so. After Annie's husband John passes away from leukemia, Chris wants the WI to provide a memorial in his memory: a new sofa for the family room at the hospital. The one Chris wants to buy costs 999, which she proposes to raise by changing the fund-raising calendar to one ...

Year:

2004

Directed By:

Nigel Cole

Written By:

Juliette Towhidi, Tim Firth

Genres:

Comedy, Drama

Release Date:

1 January 2004 (USA)

Language:

English

Runtime:

108 min

Origin/Country:

UK | USA

Shooting Location:

Buckden, North Yorkshire, England, UK