영국에서의 삶에 지친 황혼기에 접어든 일곱 명의 주인공들이 저마다 다른 목적으로 인도를 찾는다. 발이 닿기가 무섭게 예측을 불허하는 나라에서 우여곡절 끝에 도착한 ‘베스트 엑조틱 메리골드 호텔’. 웹사이트에 소개된 끝내주는 비주얼은 간데없고 엄청(?) 이국적인 호텔에서 꿈 많은 인도 청년 소니가 그들을 반긴다. 실망스럽지만 풍부한 인생 경험만큼이나 각기 다른 성격과 사연을 가진 이들은 나름의 방식으로 낯선 곳에서의 새로운 삶을 시작하는데……
과연, 이들은 진정한 사랑과 행복을 찾을 수 있을까?
Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the fifth television film version of this play by J.B. Priestley made by the BBC.
A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who seems to be courting her. Surrounded by pretentious people who have no clue how to deal with teenagers, she soon loses her naïveté and thinks of running away.
It is 1947, the year of the communist rebellion in Malaya and the British army's SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) are called to the Malayan Jungle to entertain the troops. The eccentric, bible-bashing Major Giles Flack (John Cleese) is in command of the unit. Flack is accompanied by an ageing, theatrical drama queen, Terri Dennis (Denis Quilley) who hopes to entertain the troops with his flamboyant impressions, but the bored troops find other ways to enjoy themselves.
