Director Bill Condon (Gods and
Monsters,) and Sir Ian McKellen reteam for the loose adaptation of author Mitch
Cullin's A Slight Trick of the Mind novel, where facing with the deterioration of
his mind an 93-year-old Sherlock Holmes (McKellen) sets out to solve his greatest
mystery yet with the help of his housekeeper's young son Roger (Milo Parker).
Scheduled to premiere at the Berlin
Film Festival, Mr. Holmes also stars Laura Linney (Mrs. Munro), Hiroyuki Sanada
(Tamiki Umezaki), Colin Starkey (Dr. Watson), Sarah Crowden (Mrs. Hudson),
Hattie Morahan (Ann Kelmot), Patrick Kennedy (Thomas Kelmot), Roger Allam (Dr.
Barrie), Philip Davis (Inspector Gilbert), and Nicholas Rowe (Matinee
'Sherlock').
MR. HOLMES is a new twist
on the world’s most famous detective.1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns
from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative
qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in
his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days tending to his
bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger.
Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon
the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him
into retirement, and searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love –
before it’s too late.
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