Project Detail

Firebrand

Synopsis

In blood-soaked Tudor England, Katherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII, is named Regent while tyrant Henry is fighting overseas. Katherine has done everything she can to push for a new future based on her radical Protestant beliefs. When an increasingly ailing and paranoid King returns, he turns his fury on the radicals, charging Katherine’s childhood friend with treason and burns her at the stake. Horrified and grieving, but forced to deny it, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival. Conspiracy reverberates through the palace. Everyone holds their breath – for the queen to slip up, for Henry to take her head like wives before. With the hope for a future free of tyranny at risk, will Katherine submit to the inevitable for the sake of King and country?
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2023 - Competition - World premiere
Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2023
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2024

Details

Year: 2023
Type of film: Features
Running time: 120 min
Director: Karim Aïnouz
Producer: Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Gabrielle Tana
Executive Producer: Maria Logan, Anne Sheehan
Editor: Heike Parplies
Screenwriter: Henrietta Ashworth, Jessica Ashworth, Rosanne Flynn
Director of Photography: Hélène Louvart
Production Designer: Helen Scott
Sound: Paul Carter, Danny Sheehan
Composer: Dickon Hinchliffe
Principal cast: Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Eddie Marsan, Sam Riley, Ruby Bentall, Erin Doherty, Simon Russell Beale, Amr Waked, Bryony Hannah, Maia Jemmett, Patsy Ferran

Genre

Horror Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Brouhaha Entertainment (UK), Magnolia Mae Films (US) production. Presented by MBK Productions (UK)

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