PREVIEW: Supernova (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Colin Firth (The King’s Speech), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), James Dreyfus (Colour Me Kubrick), Pippa Haywood (8 Minutes Idle), Sarah Woodward (I Capture the Castle), Peter MacQueen (film debut), Nina Marlin (film debut), Ian Drysdale (Genius), Lori Campbell (Hinterland), Daneka Etchells (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Harry Macqueen (Hinterland), director, writer; Tristan Goligher (45 Years) and Emily Morgan (I Am Not A Witch), producers; Keaton Henson (Young Men), composer; Dick Pope (Mr. Turner), cinematographer; Chris Wyatt (God’s Own Country), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Sam (Firth) and Tucker (Tucci) have been romantic partners for 20 years, but when Tucker is diagnosed with early onset dementia, the two of them go on a trip together across the English countryside, where they face impossible choices for their inevitable future together…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci will break your heart as the central couple of Harry Macqueen’s devastating examination of life and love, in one of the year’s most profound pictures.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 25TH JUNE 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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