Suffice to say that the story revolves around the seaside resort of Scarborough, immortalized in the folk- song 'Scarborough Fair.' Stylistically speaking, REMEMBER ME creates a mundane world of an (unspecified) city in the north of England, full of gray terraced houses, damp streets and drab colors. He seems emotionally affected, but director Pearce refuses to provide the necessary clues to help us resolve our confusion. He strikes up a relationship with Hannah Ward (Jodie Comer), but we sense that there is more to Parfitt's character than meets the eye.

In REMEMBER ME he has a very different role as someone dying to leave his house and move to a retirement home but we are not exactly sure why, especially when he seems uncomfortable in his new surroundings of an antiseptic room with large windows. British television viewers are accustomed to seeing Palin as the genial host of a slew of travel programs apart from his Monty Python involvement, his roles have been largely confined to comedies such as THE MISSIONARY (1982). This is certainly true of Ashley Pearce's production, which casts Michael Palin in the central role as pensioner Tom Parfitt. They draw viewers into the story and then deliberately frustrate their expectations, and hence encourage us to wonder about what will happen next.

One of the major qualities of a good ghost story lies in the ways directors manage to make the familiar seem unfamiliar.

Remember Me by Amaleen Ison