Check out 11 new photos and quad poster for Dusting Hoffman's directorial debut Quartet, a quirky indie drama set at a home for retired opera singers starring stars Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Tom Courtenay and Michael Gambon.
Here's the official synopsis for Quartet:
Lifelong friends Wilf and Reggie, together with former colleague Cissy, are residents of Beecham House, a home for retired opera singers. Every year on Giuseppe Verdi's birthday, the residents unite to give a concert to raise funds for their home. But when Jean Horton, a former grande dame of the opera fallen on hard times, also Reggie's ex-wife and the fourth and most celebrated member of their former quartet, moves into the home to everyone's surprise, the plans for this year's concert start to unravel.
As old grudges threaten to undermine past glories and theatrical temperaments play havoc with the rehearsal schedule, it becomes apparent that having four of the finest singers in English operatic history under one roof offers no guarantee that the show will go on.
The upcoming comedy/drama film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and will receive an Oscar-qualifying theatrical release in late December.
Quartet hits theaters January 4th, 2013.
Dustin Hoffman, Director
