An unlikely but true
story, this charming film depicts the long search by an ordinary housewife to
locate and unearth the grave of Richard the Third, a King whose reputation
reasts largely on Shakespeare’s interpretation of him. History tells us Richard
was “ a usurper” who only became monarch my
murdering two princes whose claim to the throne was stronger. And he was
a hunchback too and is often to be seen portrayed as a grotesque. It’s a
version Philippa herself sees in a production in Edinburgh where she lives with
her two sons and estranged husband played by Steve Coogan who also co-wrote the
script.
