Red Joan
Synopsis
Cambridge University in the 1930s, and the young Joan, a demure physics student, falls intensely in love with a seductively attractive Russian saboteur, Leo. Through him, she begins to see that the world is on a knife-edge and perhaps must be saved from itself in the race to military supremacy. Post-war and now working at a top secret nuclear research facility, Joan is confronted with the impossible: would you betray your country and your loved ones, if it meant saving them? What price would you pay for peace?
Inspired by an extraordinary true story, a taut and emotional discovery of one woman’s sacrifice in the face of incredible circumstances. A woman to whom we perhaps all owe our freedom.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Special Presentations - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 110 mins
- Director
-
Trevor Nunn
- Producer
- David Parfitt
- Executive Producer
- Ivan Mactaggart, Tim Haslam, Hugo Grumbar, Zygi Kamasa, James Atherton, Jan Pace, Kelly E Ashton, Karl Sydow
- Editor
- Kristina Hetherington
- Screenwriter
- Lindsay Shapero
- Director of Photography
- Zac Nicholson
- Production Designer
- Cristina Casali
- Sound
- Will Whale
- Composer
- George Fenton
- Principal cast
- Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes, Ben Miles, Tereza Sbrova, Nina Sosanya
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Trademark Films
14A Goodwin's CourtLondon
WC2N 4LL
Sales Company
Embankment Films
Westbourne Studios - WE 020242 Acklam Road
London
W10 5JJ
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