Project Detail

Emily

Synopsis

EMILY imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world's most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers Emily Brontë who died too soon at the age of 30.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

Details

Year
2022
Type of project
Features
Running time
130 min
Director
Frances O’Connor 1st Feature
Producer
David Barron, Piers Tempest, Robert Connolly, Robert Patterson
Executive Producer
Jo Bamford, Peter Touche
Screenwriter
Frances O’Connor
Director of Photography
Nanu Segal
Production Designer
Steve Summersgill
Principal cast
Emma Mackey, Joe Alwyn, Fionn Whitehead, Adrian Dunbar, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Gemma Jones, Amelia Gething, Alexandra Dowling

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

UK, US co-production

Sales Company

Embankment Films

Westbourne Studios - Unit 20
242 Acklam Road
London
W10 5JJ

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