He has adapted Lucy M. Boston's novel into a fine film. I liked the way the older time period was evoked by a brighter colour pallette. Alan Almond shoots with a nice amount of old school diffusion.
Alex Etel is the ghost-seeing boy, Maggie Smith delivering great lines with panache as his gran, Pauline Collins the kindly housekeeper. With Timothy Spall, glowering Dominic West, Hugh Bonneville and - also from Downton - Allen Leech. Unfortunately Kwayedza Kureya's only film, as he's rather good.
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