In the fight for freedom everyone played a part.
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.
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Classical in form, character-led, effortless and nostalgic.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Gemma ArtertonCatrin Cole
- Sam ClaflinTom Buckley
- Bill NighyAmbrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
- Jack HustonEllis Cole
- Helen McCrorySophie Smith
- Eddie MarsanSammy Smith
- Jake LacyCarl Lundbeck / Brannigan
- Rachael StirlingPhyl Moore
- Henry GoodmanGabriel Baker
- Paul RitterRaymond Parfitt
Crew
- Lone ScherfigDirector
- Gaby ChiappeScreenplay
- Lissa EvansNovel
- Sebastian BlenkovDirector of Photography
- Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
- Lucia ZucchettiEditor
- Finola DwyerProducer
- Amanda PoseyProducer
- Stephen WoolleyProducer
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