THE ESCAPE (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Gemma Arterton (Byzantium), Dominic Cooper (The Devil’s Double), Frances Barber (Prick Up Your Ears), Marthe Keller (Hereafter), Jalil Lespert (Tell No One), Laura Donoughue (The Spell)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Dominic Savage (Love + Hate), director, writer; Guy Heeley (Locke), producer; Alexandra Harwood (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society) and Anthony John (film debut), composers; Laurie Rose (Free Fire), cinematographer; David Charap (Jawbone), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Tara (Arterton), an overworked stay-at-home mother, begins to display signs of great unhappiness, and feels disconnected from her husband Mark (Cooper) and her children. In a spontaneous attempt to feel free and be herself again, she runs away to Paris on a soul-searching journey that helps her come to grips with her life…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Gemma Arterton is magnetic as a mother coping with severe depression in this moody but hopeful drama where everyone is at their best.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD AUGUST 2018

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