THEIR FINEST (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Gemma Arterton (Tamara Drewe), Sam Claflin (Me Before You), Bill Nighy (Love Actually), Jack Huston (Ben-Hur), Jake Lacy (Carol), Richard E. Grant (Logan), Helen McCrory (The Queen), Eddie Marsan (Tyrannosaur), Rachael Stirling (Centurian), Henry Goodman (The Damned United), Claudia Jessie (Dixi), Jeremy Irons (Margin Call), Stephanie Hyam (Jekyll & Hyde), Natalia Ryumina (Speed Date), Paul Ritter (Nowhere Boy)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Lone Scherfig (An Education), director; Gaby Chiappe (Lark Rise to Candleford), writer; Finola Dwyer (Brooklyn), Amanda Posey (Fever Pitch) and Stephen Woolley (Carol), producers; Rachel Portman (The Duchess), composer; Sebastian Blenkov (The Riot Club), cinematographer; Lucia Zucchetti (The Queen), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In London during the Second World War, a group of actors and filmmakers come together to make a patriotic film about the Dunkirk evacuation, in an attempt to boost morale for British soldiers and citizens…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Their Finest is a tribute to the filmmakers who, through their talents and cunning techniques, boosted morale during the Second World War with a strong line of propaganda films.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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