Their Finest Hour
Their Finest
Directed by:
Lone ScherfigScreenplay:
Gaby ChiappeCinematography:
Sebastian BlenkovComposer:
Rachel PortmanCast:
Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Rachael Stirling, Jack Huston, Helen McCrory, Richard E. Grant, Jeremy Irons, Jake Lacy, Henry Goodman, Hubert Burton (more)Plots(1)
Set during World War II with London coming under sustained attack during the Blitz, young Welsh copywriter Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) is employed by the British Ministry of Information to bring a female perspective to their latest propaganda film aimed at raising the morale of the British people. Assigned to co-write a project based around the Battle of Dunkirk, Catrin must overcome the sexist attitudes of fellow screenwriter Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin) and pompous actor Ambrose Hilliard (Bill Nighy) as she attempts to put the film together. (Transmission Films)
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I like how romance is just a peripheral part of this story. It's much more about the main heroine, about history, and simply about the story being told here. Which is a good combination, because a protruding romantic plane wouldn't have worked so well here. Moreover, the casting deserves appreciation; it's fantastic.
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The “tear-jerker” category demonstrates its animacy beyond the surviving gender formulas. Their Finest brings to the classic love triangle a motif of emancipation, which conditions the reversal of clichés and roles that are ascribed to characters on the basis of gender. The plotline about the promotion of women in positions and in sectors previously awarded to men corresponds to this. Through well-developed male characters, the film also offers identification models for the male part of the audience, the result of which is a spectacle in which everyone can weep in an emancipated way.
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