MOVIE · 2003

Calendar Girls

ComedyDrama108 min

In a Yorkshire Women’s Institute branch, a plan to raise money for a local hospital by posing nude for a charity calendar turns a small fundraiser into a public controversy. Helen Mirren and Julie Walters are at the center of the group, whose members are propelled from village routines into newspaper headlines after one family’s loss gives the campaign its urgency. Based on a true story, the film follows how the women manage local disapproval, media attention, and the strain that comes with turning private grief into a very public cause.