A Shocking Accident

6/8/2025

I thought that this had a little of the “Tales of the Unexpected” to it as we first meet a Neapolitan lady who is lovingly feeding her rather substantial pig on her rickety balcony several floors up above the street. Shortly afterwards, we learn that the poor young “Jerome”, a long way away at a posh English boarding school, has just been orphaned and that the cause of his predicament is the source of much mirth and ridicule at school. Indeed, it isn’t only there but as he grows older this misadventure continues to provide much merriment at his expense as his aunt (Barbara Hicks) takes a particularly honest view when regaling her guests with this story even after he has become an accountant. Now old enough to do some courting, he (Rupert Everett) meets “Sally” (Jenny Seagrove) but what cha