Graham Merrill is working in a dead-end job in London when he adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet. He soon realises that his small apartment is not the ideal place to keep an otter and figuring it is time to work on that book he always intended to write he quits and moves to a small cottage in an isolated village on the Scottish west coast. The change makes for some great adventures with Mij and also causes Graham to meet the beautiful town doctor, Mary MacKenzie.
One of the first films I remember seeing as a child and one that left a lasting impression on me. Rewatching it 40 or so years later and it seems no less sweet and emotional.
Starring (real-life husband and wife) Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna of Born Free fame plus two trained otters as Mij the film is a wonderful adventure, mixing the trials and tribulations of Graham as he shifts location and focus and makes new friends with the sweet joy, naughtiness, innocence and cuteness of Mij the otter.
The adventure culminates in a very poignant climax but the conclusion is uplifting and very emotional.
A movie for all ages, as my liking it at very young age as well as 40 years later will attest to.
One of the first films I remember seeing as a child and one that left a lasting impression on me. Rewatching it 40 or so years later and it seems no less sweet and emotional.
Starring (real-life husband and wife) Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna of Born Free fame plus two trained otters as Mij the film is a wonderful adventure, mixing the trials and tribulations of Graham as he shifts location and focus and makes new friends with the sweet joy, naughtiness, innocence and cuteness of Mij the otter.
The adventure culminates in a very poignant climax but the conclusion is uplifting and very emotional.
A movie for all ages, as my liking it at very young age as well as 40 years later will attest to.