#which leads to a big secret in the keyes family around their lost adopted daughter anne
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Films watched (2000s): Glorious 39 (Momentum, 2009); written & dir. Stephen Poliakoff. Starring Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Eddie Redmayne, Julie Christie, Charlie Cox, Jeremy Northam, David Tennant & Christopher Lee.
"Anne, listen."
#glorious 39#gif#tbs old films watched#romola garai#anne keyes#bill nighy#eddie redmayne#jeremy northam#david tennant#charlie cox#hugh bonneville#2000s#cinema#period drama#wwii#stephen poliakoff#british cinema#thriller#spies#so last summer i finally saw this which i wanted to see before i was so ill#(i mean. look at the cast. it's a ridiculous cast)#it's a really interesting psychological thriller about people in the british gov't pushing for appeasement in the summer of 1939#and silencing pro-war people (in this film; david tennant's character)#which leads to a big secret in the keyes family around their lost adopted daughter anne#(romola)#but also. anne is an aspiring actor & it gets 1 million points for them showing her shooting a 1939 film#and it's a gainsborough melodrama & a pretty credible looking one#(my old film watching has involved a lot of gainsborough melodramas so i appreciated that!)#psychological stuff not action-y. v romola-centric. beautifully shot. v dark and interesting themes well done#tw for gaslighting and animal harm
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