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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Horn

Voices: Gillian Anderson’s new film is picture-postcard perfect… but it doesn’t show the real Cornwall

The South West Coast Path is full of contradictions. One minute you’re breezing across lush clifftops – the next you’re slogging your way up a crag. It’s a beautiful but cruel mistress.

The 630-mile route – which runs from Minehead in Somerset, along the Cornish coast and ends in Poole in Dorset – is the setting for The Salt Path, a heartwarming new film about a couple who walk the path after being made homeless. Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs lead the cast, but the coast path is the real star.

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