Firebrand
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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
Details
- Year
- 2023
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 120 min
- Director
- Karim Aïnouz
- Producer
- Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Gabrielle Tana
- Co-Producer
- Meg Clark, Brett Wilson
- 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
- Music
- 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
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 1st July 2023
