PREVIEW: Emily (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Emma Mackey (Death on the Nile), Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk), Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Mr. Malcolm’s List), Alexandra Dowling (Hammer of the Gods), Amelia Gething (film debut), Adrian Dunbar (The Snowman), Gemma Jones (Bridget Jones’s Diary)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Frances O’Connor (film debut), director, writer; David Barron (Cinderella), Robert Connolly (The Dry), Robert Patterson (film debut), Piers Tempest (Military Wives) and Brett Wilson (film debut), producers; Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man), composer; Nanu Segal (An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn), cinematographer; Sam Sneade (Sexy Beast), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 19th century England, young Emily Brontë (Mackey) struggles to fit in to her surroundings as she discovers her powerful literary voice…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Actress Frances O’Connor’s debut feature as director is a rebellious and free-spirited depiction of the tragically short life of an English writing legend, with Sex Education breakout Emma Mackey playing the titular Brontë sister.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 14TH OCTOBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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