Saving Grace (2000 film)

Saving Grace is a 2000 British comedy film, directed by Nigel Cole and based on a screenplay by Mark Crowdy and Craig Ferguson. It was coproduced by Fine Line Features, Homerun Productions, Portman Entertainment, Sky Pictures, and Wave Pictures and filmed in London and the villages of Boscastle and Port Isaac in Cornwall, England, starring Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, and Martin Clunes, among others. Distributed by 20th Century Fox in major territories, the film premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, where it won Cole the Audience Award for World Cinema.

After being unexpectedly widowed, respectable and reserved housewife Grace Trevethyn Brenda Blethyn discovers that her late husband ran up significant debts and left her facing foreclosure and numerous repossessions. Well liked around Port Isaac, the coastal fishing town she lives in, Grace is given emotional support by the towns inhabitants, particularly her loyal, potsmoking gardener Matthew Stewart Craig Ferguson, his girlfriend and the towns fisherwoman Nicky Valerie Edmond, and their friend Dr Martin Bamford Martin Clunes. Despite wanting to help Grace, none of the residents are able to find a way to get her out of her dire situation.Eventually, Graces financial situation reaches the point where she is unable to pay Matthew, but the gardener steadfastly insists that he will continue taking care of her property. In exchange he asks Grace to take a look at some plants he is having difficulty cultivating, as Graces remarkable talent with horticulture is well known throughout town. Arriving that evening to examine the plants, Grace is surprised to discover a sicklylooking grove of marijuana. Despite her initial disgust at Matthews actions, Grace nevertheless takes one of the plants back to her home, unable to leave a sick plant unattended. Withinhours she is able to not only restore the plant to health, but has it producing small buds, much to Matthews amazement. ........

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