6.8/10
IMDB Rating : 6.8
FD Smart Rating : 6.8
Synopsis : With public morale in wartime Britain at an all-time low, an ex-secretary is hired to write feminine flair into a propaganda film.
Regions Available ( 2 ) :
Canada
, United Kingdom
Richard E. Grant , Helen McCrory , Jake Lacy , Jeremy Irons , Jack Huston , Bill Nighy , Sam Claflin , Henry Goodman , Paul Ritter , Rachel Stirling , Eddie Marsan , Gemma Arterton
English [Original]
English
Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
2016
1h56m
May include adult themes, adult activity, strong language, intense or persistent violence, sexually-orientated nudity, drug abuse or other elements
During the London Blitz of World War II, Catrin Cole is recruited by the British Ministry of Information to write scripts for propaganda films that the public will actually watch without scoffing. In the line of her new duties, Cole investigates the story of two young women who supposedly piloted a boat in the Dunkirk Evacuation. Although it proved a complete misapprehension, the story becomes the basis for a fictional film with some possible appeal. As Cole labors to write the script with her new colleagues such as Tom Buckley, veteran actor Ambrose Hilliard must accept that his days as a leading man are over as he joins the project. Together, this disparate trio must struggle against such complications such as sexism against Cole, jealous relatives, and political interference in their artistic decisions even as London endures the bombs of the enemy. In the face of those challenges, they share a hope to contribute something meaningful in this time of war and in their own lives.