Their Finest
Set during the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film that celebrates England’s resilience as a means to lift a weary nation’s spirits. Her attempt to dramatize the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers encounters mixed reactions from a dismissive all-male staff.
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Lone Scherfig
Jack Ravenscroft
James Manning
Irene Chawko
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**The war and the cinema!** The film was based on the book and about filmmaking, particularly screen writing. Fictional comedy-drama that is set in London in 1940. While the war tearing apart the nation, some people are not disturbed by it. They are going ahead with their film projects, especially war themed to boost the people's confidence. That's when the new arrival, Mrs. Cole, begins her career as a writer. So her experience working with the scripts, meeting the real people whose story are getting adapted and her gloomy romance, everything lets us know. A nice film and a little different than the majority of the film that came this year. The focus was good. I mean while bombs falling from the sky, all this tale concentrated was film business. Something like 'Argo', but given less preference to the war, except its consequences which diverted their plan in some scenario. So there were many small-small twist and turns. It also gets emotional at one stage. A well written and directed film similar to what the film characters did their best in the story. Gemma was good, but Claflin was totally different, in a good way. As much as I enjoyed, I also thought it should have been even better. Because thematically it was not for everyone. I mean the world war was a good idea, but the filmmaking was not like you are usually familiar with. Besides, it was not a laughing out loud comedy. Between the seriousness of war and fun around making films, the combination was rare and well worked out. Those who love pre 50s, 40s settings in a film would enjoy it for sure. Especially if they like films about films. _6/10_
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The directors of Their Finest are Lone Scherfig, Jack Ravenscroft, James Manning, and Irene Chawko.
The cast of Their Finest includes Gemma Arterton as Catrin Cole, Paul Ritter as Raymond Parfitt, Helen McCrory as Sophie Smith, Bill Nighy as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank, Jeremy Irons as Secretary of War, Eddie Marsan as Sammy Smith, Clive Russell as Mr. Starling (uncredited), Jack Huston as Ellis Cole, Katie Jackson as Secretary to Mr. Swain (uncredited), Sam Claflin as Tom Buckley, Lily Knight as Rose Starling, Rachael Stirling as Phyl Moore, and more.
The duration of Their Finest is 1h 57 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Their Finest trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
Their Finest was released on 19 Feb 2017.
Their Finest is listed under Romance, War, and Drama on Fanbiz.
Their Finest has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "**The war and the cinema!** The film was based on the book and about filmmaking, particularly screen writing. Fictional comedy-drama that is set in London in 1940. While the..."
