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“…Jeremy Irons turns up for a delicious cameo…”
Their Finest will have its World Premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
It will screen on Sunday, September 11, at Roy Thomson Hall at 3:30pm. (Gala Presentation)
Additional screenings include:
Monday, September 12th at The Princess of Wales Theatre at 3:00pm
Tuesday. September 13th at Sciotabank Theatre Cinema 01 at 9:30am (Press & Industry)
Wednesday, September 14h at Sciotabank Theatre Cinema 02 at 9:45am (Press & Industry)
Saturday, September 17th at the Visa Screening Room at the Elgin Theatre at 11:45am
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Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig (An Education, The Riot Club) directs a sterling British cast — including Gemma Arterton, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston and Richard E. Grant — in this period comedy-drama about a group of filmmakers struggling to make an inspirational film to boost morale during the Blitz of London in World War II.
Director Lone Scherfig (An Education) returns to the Festival with this rousing romantic comedy set in Britain’s wartime film industry. Featuring a cast teeming with some of the UK’s most charismatic comedic actors, Bill Nighy and Richard E. Grant among them, Their Finest is about boosting morale in a period of national — and personal — crisis.
Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton, who also appears at the Festival in Orphan and The Girl With All the Gifts) is a “slop” scriptwriter, charged with bringing a female perspective to war films produced by the British Ministry of Information’s Film Division. Her current project is a feature inspired by stories of British civilians rescuing soldiers after the retreat at Dunkirk. Catrin’s artist husband looks down on her job, despite the fact that it’s paying the rent. At least lead scenarist Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin) appreciates her efforts.
While on location in Devon, Catrin begins to come into her own and earn the respect of her peers. She’s the only crewperson that Ambrose Hilliard (Nighy), a past-his-prime yet nonetheless pompous actor, will talk to.
Based on the novel Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans, the film pops with witty banter and flows with lovely period detail. The characters are uniformly textured and the performances nuanced. Nighy is perfectly cast in his endearingly withering role, and Jeremy Irons turns up for a delicious cameo. It is, however, Arterton’s show. She brings subtlety, intelligence, and a range of beautifully gauged emotions to Catrin, whose path to self-renewal is an inspiring example of a talented woman forging her place in the world.
August 23, 2016
Categories: Film, Latest News and Posts . Tags: Bill Nighy, Gemma Arterton, Jack Huston, Jeremy Irons, Lissa Evans, Lone Scherfig, Richard E. Grant, Roy Thomson Hall, Sam Claflin, Their Finest, Their Finest Hour and a Half, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival . Author: jeremyironsno1fan . Comments: Leave a comment
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