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It was like stopping civilisation in Eboli
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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

It was like stoppingcivilisation in Eboli and then entering a landwhich was backward

It was like stopping
civilisation in Eboli and then entering a land
which was backward

Full Transcript

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It was like stopping civilisation in Eboli
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and then entering a land which was backward.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:47
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

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Movie Summary

Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.
S01 • E02 - Ha-ha. - Er...Grenouille. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
- Ha-ha. - Er...Grenouille.
S01 • E03 "The strip of grey sand - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"The strip of grey sand
S01 • E02 We're in France, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
We're in France,
S01 • E01 My father was born here and he lived here until he was 20. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
My father was born here and he lived here until he was 20.
S01 • E03 "The sugarcanes in the delta, rustling dryly in the wind, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"The sugarcanes in the delta, rustling dryly in the win...
S01 • E03 "The best they could offer was a few weeks' work - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"The best they could offer was a few weeks' work
S01 • E01 When he was 20, he moved in a new flat - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
When he was 20, he moved in a new flat
S01 • E02 Caroline, the nose at Galimard, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Caroline, the nose at Galimard,
S01 • E03 "But the land was rich compared with the sea, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
"But the land was rich compared with the sea,
S01 • E02 ..for a man obsessed with smell, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
..for a man obsessed with smell,
S01 • E01 - Yes, it was one of the most important books - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
- Yes, it was one of the most important books
S01 • E03 It's extraordinary that, at the age of 19, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
It's extraordinary that, at the age of 19,
S01 • E01 This symbol of the peasant civilisation - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
This symbol of the peasant civilisation
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: In 'Perfume', - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Richard narrates: In 'Perfume',
S01 • E03 During Lee's time in Almuñécar, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
During Lee's time in Almuñécar,
S01 • E02 Arriving in Grasse, he is immediately greeted - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Arriving in Grasse, he is immediately greeted
S01 • E01 - Do you remember what your father told you - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
- Do you remember what your father told you
S01 • E02 But the one that completely overpowers him - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
But the one that completely overpowers him
S01 • E01 - Yeah. I asked him, "Tell me something - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
- Yeah. I asked him, "Tell me something
S01 • E03 But it was short-lived - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
But it was short-lived