A middle-aged upper-middle-class couple, Moth and Raynor, lose everything in a court case following a failed investment (told in fleeting flashbacks) and - finding themselves homeless - embark on walk around the UK's Southern Coastal Path on a life-affirming journey of (self-)discovery, alongside the husband's diagnosis of a debilitating and terminal rare disease. The straightforward premise is shown in an unshowy, unhurried and unfussy manner, a quiet reflection on life, love, human resilience and nature through simple but powerful images and the reflection on the core relationship, played with restrained economy by Jason Isaacs and Gillian Anderson. They briefly encounter largely uninteresting people along the way, the music does a lot of the emotional heavy -lifting, but at least the scenery is always beautiful. Moth's degeneration and Raynor's calm and gritty determination are engaging, even if this pleasant, slight and meandering tale ultimately feels a bit lacking overall.
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