Summerland (2020)

Directed by

Jessica Swale

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 228 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A reclusive writer in 1940s England is forced to care for an evacuee boy during the Battle of Britain. Their uneasy bond grows as she confronts past losses and hidden truths.

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What happens

Summerland is a 2020 British drama film written and directed by Jessica Swale, starring Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lucas Bond, Dixie Egerickx, Siân Phillips, Penelope Wilton and Tom Courtenay. Arterton plays a reclusive writer forced to take in a young boy entrusted to her care during the Battle of Britain in 1940, and, later, during the early days of the London Blitz. It was released in the United Kingdom on 31 July 2020 by Lionsgate. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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