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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Share the journey. Share the laughter.

20127.02h 4m

Overview

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose in their old age.

Directed by John Madden
Written by Ol Parker, Deborah Moggach
Produced by Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin
Box OfficeBudget: $10.0MRevenue: $150.5M

Top Cast

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy

Douglas Ainslie

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Muriel Donnelly

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson

Graham Dashwood

Judi Dench

Judi Dench

Evelyn Greenslade

Dev Patel

Dev Patel

Sonny Kapoor

Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton

Jean Ainslie

Celia Imrie

Celia Imrie

Madge Hardcastle

Ronald Pickup

Ronald Pickup

Norman Cousins

Tina Desai

Tina Desai

Sunaina

Lillete Dubey

Lillete Dubey

Mrs. Kapoor

Themes & Keywords

hoteloperationbased on novel or bookholidaymarried coupleasiaaffectationmelancholyracistindiaelderlyjaipur, indiapersonal growthoutsourcinglyricalrelaxedsentimentalhilariousromanticwhimsicaladmiringadoringappreciativeapprovingcelebratorycomfortingdefiantenchantexuberantfamiliarmelodramaticsympatheticvibrant

About The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a drama, comedy film released in 2012 exploring themes of hotel, operation, based on novel or book, holiday, married couple, asia. Directed by John Madden, it stars Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson. British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose in their old age.

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