London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.
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Judi Dench
Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Sophie Cookson
Young Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Tom Hughes
Leo Galich
Tereza Srbova
Sonya Galich
Stephen Campbell Moore
Max
Ben Miles
Nick
Nina Sosanya
Ms. Hart
Laurence Spellman
Mr Adams
Nicola Sloane
Joan's Neighbor
Freddie Gaminara
William
Director
Trevor Nunn
Screenplay
Lindsay Shapero
Tagline
"To change the world, she betrayed her country"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Trademark Films, Cambridge Picture Company
CinemaSerf
May 29, 2024
It may well be inspired by real events but that doesn't stop it flowing like glue most of the time. Dame Judi Dench leads a workmanlike cast with Sophie Cookson playing her younger self; Tom Hughes and Stephen Campbell Moore in the story of a suburban housewife with a treacherous secret past. Sir Trevor Nunn doesn't manage to inject any sort of pace into this and as such it just ends up being anot...
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