UK 2019
Dir: Gavin Hood
★★★½
Political drama based on actual events the film opens with Katharine Gun, British whistleblower working at GCHQ appearing in Court following charges relating to the Official Secrets Act. Through flashbacks we learn how she came to be arrested. Took me a while to engage with the film as I found the early scenes not very interesting and dialogue-heavy. It does improve and develops into a solid, compelling movie due mainly to fine acting from Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes and Matt Smith. Wanted more courtroom scenes.
SEAT IN THE STALLS - Cinema Diary; Film Archive from 1960
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