The read
Scores higher than 78% of the 6,801 2020s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic73/100
1,394 audience votes
Key crew
- Moira BuffiniScreenplay
- Simon StoneDirector
- Stefan GregoryOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Carey MulliganEdith Pretty
- Ralph FiennesBasil Brown
- Lily JamesPeggy Piggott
- Johnny FlynnRory Lomax
- Ben ChaplinStuart Piggott
- Ken StottCharles Phillips
- Archie BarnesRobert Pretty
- Monica DolanMay Brown
- Eamon FarrenJohn Brailsford
- Paul ReadyJames Reid Moir
- Peter McDonaldGuy Maynard
- Stephen WorrallFerryman
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookexcavationsingle parentbased on true storyclass differencesarchaeologistarchaeological digexcavator1930ssuffolk, englandwidowed mothereve of world war ii
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