Bill Nighy (Love Actually) and Oscar winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) head an all-star cast in a gripping modern drama written and directed by Sir David Hare. Touching on torture, corruption, betrayal, and the passing of the old guard of British spies, this political thriller also stars Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon (Cranford), Judy Davis, and Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey).
Sally Hawkins stars as Anne Elliot, a woman destined for spinsterhood after being persuaded to reject a proposal eight years earlier. Then her spurned suitor (Rupert Penry-Jones, The 39 Steps, Casanova) reappears. Simon Burke (Zen) adapts Jane Austen's classic novel.
In 1963, a 13-year-old girl vanished without a trace. More than 40 years later, questions surrounding her disappearance resurface when TV journalist Catherine Heathcote (Juliet Stevenson, The Road from Coorain) begins to unravel the mystery. Also starring Greg Wise (Cranford).