Roald Dahl's Esio Trot

“A retired bachelor has a thing for his neighbor who only shows affection to her pet tortoise.”

In a block of flats where the balconies sit one above the other, the retired bachelor Mr Hoppy (Dustin Hoffman) spends his days watching the widow below him, Mrs Silver (Judi Dench). Her attention belongs to Alfie, the pet tortoise she has kept since her husband died, and Hoppy has no idea how to make her look up. Dearbhla Walsh gives the flats a soft, lived-in look, and the small tortoise Alfie keeps edging along the balcony, steady and slow.