Monday Afternoon @ the Movies: My House in Umbria (2003)

My House in Umbria (2003) When you open your door to strangers, you never know who might come in.  Based William Trevor’s 1991 novella, it stars Dame Maggie Smith, Chris Cooper, Timothy Spall, Emmy Clarke and Ronnie Barker. After surviving a gruesome terrorist attack on an Italian train line, romance novelist Mrs. Emily Delahunty opens up her home and solitary life to a trio of stranded survivors. She soon forms friendships with each, but develops a special attachment to the young orphan Aimee – so when Aimee’s distant uncle arrives to retrieve her, Emily strives to convince the cold, mourning man that Umbria is Aimee’s rightful home. Rated PG-13: 1 hour 43 minutes.