Francis Lee’s “Ammonite” might be the biggest study in contrasts that you’ll find at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.
25.08.2020 - 17:55 / thewrap.com
“Portrait of a Lady on Fire” will surely warm to Francis Lee’s “Ammonite,” another Neon film that stars Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan as two lonely women drawn to each other with a slow-burning passion.This film isn’t the English language answer to “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” by any means, but it does have a similar premise and the same quiet energy.“Ammonite” is set in 1840s England and follows a famed fossil hunter (Winslet) who is tasked with convalescing with a morose young woman suffering
.Francis Lee’s “Ammonite” might be the biggest study in contrasts that you’ll find at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.
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Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe BFI London Film Festival has set Francis Lee’s Ammonite as its closing film.Starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan, the film is set in the 1840s, following palaeontologist Mary Anning when she encounters a young woman recuperating from a personal tragedy,It is world premiering at Toronto and also took part in the 2020 Cannes Label selection at the cancelled French festival.The London screening will take place on October 17 at cinemas across the UK,
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