My Family And Other Animals

– An English family relocates to sunny Greece in the months before WWII...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 30 Minutes
Release Year:
2005
My Family and Other Animals (2005)

An English family relocates to sunny Greece in the months before WWII.

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Producing Country:
UK
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Genre:
Release Date:

27 Dec 2005

Language:

English

Director:

Sheree Folkson

Writer:

Gerald Durrell (book), Simon Nye

Main Actors:

Eugene Simon, Imelda Staunton, Chris Langham, Omid Djalili

Plot:

Feeling the depressing effects of a gloomy English summer, the Durrell family decides to pack up and move to the Greek island of Corfu in 1935. Lead by their widowed mother, 13-year old future naturalist Gerald Durrell, his two older brothers and older sister move into a series of villas. Gerald indulges his passion for nature by filling his room with local fauna, while his brothers fill their time with writing or hunting and his sister sunbathes and flirts.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production:

WGBH Boston Video

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.5/10