A warm, humorous, and deeply moving story about surviving old age.
When the geriatric ward of a small Yorkshire hospital is threatened with closure, the hospital decides to fight back by galvanizing the local community. They invite a news crew to film their preparations for a concert in honour of the hospital’s most distinguished nurse. What could go wrong?
Allelujah celebrates the spirit of the elderly patients whilst paying tribute to the deep humanity of the medical staff battling with limited resources and ever-growing demand. But in the midst of the tears and the laughter, we slowly realise that there is something threatening the hospital that is far more lethal than the politicians demanding efficiency at any cost…
Starring:
Jennifer Saunders, Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, David Bradley, Julia McKenzie, Russell Tovey, Bally Gill
Director:
Richard Eyre
Producers:
Kevin Loader, Damian Jones
Screenplay:
Heidi Thomas (based on the play by Alan Bennett)
Executive Producers:
Cameron McCracken, Jenny Borgars, Rose Garnett, Andrea Scarso, Alan Bennett, Nicholas Hytner
Sales agent:
Pathé
Distributor:
Pathé (UK, France and Switzerland)
Credits summary:
A Pathé, BBC Film and Ingenious Media presentation of a DJ Films/Redstart Production
Certificate:
12A
Running time:
99 minutes
Released:
17 March 2023