On a secluded hillside in Jamaica lies Firefly, Noel Coward`s peaceful retreat. Here, between sundowners & sunsets, brandies & cigarettes, the seventy-one-year-old Coward whiles away his days
- a comforting, frustrating pattern of unwanted breakfasts, reluctant walks, graceless dips in the pool
- in the company of his manservant Patrice. Both of them dream of a London that is long-gone or imagined: Noel`s peopled with glamorous friends
- Redgrave, Olivier, O` Toole
- & Patrice`s a picture-postcard vision of elegance & opportunity. Set over a series of summer days in the early 1970s, Firefly flits through Coward`s dreams & memories, his successes & regrets, against a sultry, seductive backdrop of blue skies & glistening water. Colourful & contemplative, this is a moving & poignant portrait of old age & friendship, & a life well lived.