UK,
2024, 101 min
Directed by:
Anand TuckerScreenplay:
Patrick MarberCinematography:
David HiggsComposer:
Craig ArmstrongCast:
Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Ben Barnes, Mark Strong, Alfred Enoch, Lesley Manville, Romola Garai, Claire Skinner, Nikesh Patel, Beau Gadsdon (more)Plots(1)
The reimagining of Anthony Quinn's novel 'Curtain Call' centre on Jimmy Erskine (McKellen), the Daily Chronicle's most famous and featured theatre critic of the age; David Brooke (Strong), with whom he clashes after recently inheriting the paper; and a young actress, Nina Land (Arterton), who is devastated by Jimmy's recent negative review of her. As the three become entangled in a whodunnit wrapped in a Faustian pact, their strange triangle winds tighter and tighter to devastating effect for all those caught in the deadly web of blackmail and betrayal. (Transmission Films)
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