PREVIEW: Last Train to Christmas (12A TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon), Nathalie Emmanuel (Army of Thieves), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride), Mia McKenna-Bruce (The Fourth Kind), Sophie Simnett (Surviving Christmas with the Relatives), Robin Askwith (Confessions of a Window Cleaner), John Thomson (Inkheart), Natalie Mitson (The Last Bus), Anna Lundberg (film debut), Edward Harrison (Wreckers), Sianad Gregory (The Ballad of Billy McCrae), Laura Evelyn (Denial), George Hannigan (film debut), Anna Bolton (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Julian Kemp (My Last Five Girlfriends), director, writer; Matthew James Wilkinson (Days of the Bagnold Summer) and Matt Williams (Twist), producers; Anne Nikitin (American Animals), composer; Dave Miller (Strawberry Fields), cinematographer; Agnieszka Liggett (The Seasoning House), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Tony Towers (Sheen) is a successful nightclub owner who embarks on a train to Nottingham for a Christmas family reunion. However, he soon finds himself transported to several different time periods when he steps into each carriage, which forces him to confront the people he’s left behind and make amends before it’s too late…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Michael Sheen plays up his inner Scrooge for this unique time-travelling Christmas movie, which plays around with different time zones and filmmaking techniques to tell a heartfelt story of forgiveness.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

SATURDAY 18TH DECEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON SKY CINEMA AND NOW

 

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