PREVIEW: The Colour Room (12A TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Phoebe Dynevor (film debut), Matthew Goode (A Single Man), David Morrissey (Centurion), Darci Shaw (Judy), Kerry Fox (Little Joe), Luke Norris (Been So Long), Rachel Shenton (Money Kills)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Claire McCarthy (Ophelia), director; Claire Peate (film debut), writer; Thembisa Cochrane (The Harvesters) and Georgie Paget (Us Among the Stones), producers; Nitin Sawhney (Breathe), composer; Denson Baker (Oranges and Sunshine), cinematographer; Hoping Chen (Ilo Ilo), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the 1920s, Clarice Cliff (Dynevor) yearns to pursue her creative ambition in ceramics, so she accepts a low-earning job at a factory owned by the eccentric Colley Shorter (Goode), where she is able to flex her passion as a modeler…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Bridgerton actress Phoebe Dynevor makes her feature debut in style, as the infamous pottery maker Claris Cliff in this rousing and colourful biopic.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON SKY CINEMA AND NOW

 

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