Film: "Their Finest"
This rousing comedy-drama follows an intrepid film team (Gemma Arterton, Bill Nighy) determined to make a morale-boosting Dunkirk movie during the Blitz.
With London emptied of its men, now fighting at the Front, Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) is hired by the British Ministry (Jeremy Irons, Richard E. Grant) as a “slop” scriptwriter charged with bringing “a woman’s touch” to morale-boosting propaganda films. Her natural flair quickly gets her noticed by dashing movie producer Buckley (Sam Claflin) whose path would never have crossed hers in peacetime. Catrin quickly discovers there is as much camaraderie, laughter and passion behind the camera as there is onscreen. As bombs are dropping all around them, Catrin, Buckley and a colorful crew—including a scene-stealing Bill Nighy as an aging movie star—work furiously to make a film that will warm the hearts of the nation and convince America to join the fight. D: Lone Scherfig, UK, 2017, 1h 57m
