PREVIEW: Persuasion (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Dakota Johnson (The Peanut Butter Falcon), Henry Golding (A Simple Favour), Cosmo Jarvis (Calm With Horses), Suki Waterhouse (Assassination Nation), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Nikki Amuka-Bird (The Outfit), Ben Bailey-Smith (David Brent: Life on the Road), Izuka Hoyle (Mary Queen of Scots), Mia McKenna-Bruce (The Fourth Kind), Nia Towle (Rocketman), Edward Bluemel (The Commuter), Lydia Rose Bewley (The Inbetweeners Movie), Yolanda Kettle (Made in Italy)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Carrie Cracknell (film debut), director; Ron Bass (film debut) and Alice Winslow (film debut), writer; Elizabeth Cantillon (Concussion), Andrew Lazar (American Sniper) and Christina Weiss Lurie (America Brown), producers; Stuart Earl (My Brother the Devil), composer; Joe Anderson (The Old Man & The Gun), cinematographer; Pani Scott (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 19th century England, Anne Elliot (Johnson) lives with her upper-class family, who several years prior dissuaded her from marrying the dashing but lower status naval officer Frederick Wentworth (Jarvis), but is now on the brink of bankruptcy. When Wentworth comes back into Anne’s life, she must choose whether to seize upon her second chance of love, or put the past behind her once and for all…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Dakota Johnson and Cosmo Jarvis bring to life one of Jane Austen’s most underappreciated couples, in this dashing adaptation of the legendary author’s final completed story before her passing.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 15TH JULY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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