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6.7/10 • 369

2018-09-131h 41m

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To change the world, she betrayed her country

London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.

Directors
Trevor Nunn
Editors
Kristina Hetherington

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Judi Dench

    Judi Dench

    Joan Elizabeth Stanley

  2. Sophie Cookson

    Sophie Cookson

    Young Joan Elizabeth Stanley

  3. Tom Hughes

    Tom Hughes

    Leo Galich

  4. Tereza Srbova

    Tereza Srbova

    Sonya Galich

  5. Stephen Campbell Moore

    Stephen Campbell Moore

    Max

  6. Ben Miles

    Ben Miles

    Nick

  7. Nina Sosanya

    Nina Sosanya

    Ms. Hart

  8. Laurence Spellman

    Laurence Spellman

    Mr Adams

  9. Nicola Sloane

    Nicola Sloane

    Joan's Neighbor

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CinemaSerf

May 29, 2024

6/10

It may well be inspired by real events but that doesn't stop it flowing like glue most of the time. Dame Judi Dench leads a workmanlike cast with Sophie Cookson playing her younger self; Tom Hughes and Stephen Campbell Moore in the story of a suburban housewife with a treacherous secret past. Sir Trevor Nunn doesn't manage to inject any sort of pace into this and as such it just ends up being another star vehicle for the star who features sparingly. Watchable, if only because it does give you some indications as to how people who felt they were doing the "right thing" in the sixties were easy pickings for the KGB recruiters; but otherwise this film is a little empty.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
london, englandbased on novel or bookatomic bombcold warworld war iisoviet unionbased on true storycambridgeco-workers relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipfemale spybritish secret servicephysics professor1940s1930scommunist espionagemother son relationship2000s