These students have everything they need. Except time.
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them.
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Grave, earnest, contemplative and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- Carey MulliganKathy H.
- Keira KnightleyRuth C.
- Andrew GarfieldTommy D.
- Izzy Meikle-SmallYoung Kathy
- Ella PurnellYoung Ruth
- Charlie RoweYoung Tommy
- Sally HawkinsMiss Lucy
- Charlotte RamplingMiss Emily
- Domhnall GleesonRodney
- Andrea RiseboroughChrissie
Crew
- Mark RomanekDirector
- Alex GarlandScreenplay
- Kazuo IshiguroNovel
- Adam KimmelDirector of Photography
- Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
- Barney PillingEditor
- Allon ReichProducer
- Andrew MacdonaldProducer
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