The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
Cinematography
Davies bathes 1950s London in amber and shadow like a memory burning.
Acting
Weisz's final scene will wreck you—controlled devastation, masterclass.
Direction
Davies' time-jumping structure mirrors Hester's fractured psyche.
Director
Terence Davies
Rachel Weisz
Hester Collyer
Tom Hiddleston
Freddie Page
Simon Russell Beale
Sir William Collyer
Harry Hadden-Paton
Jackie Jackson
Jolyon Coy
Philip Welch
Karl Johnson
Mr. Miller
Ann Mitchell
Mrs. Elton
Sarah Kants
Liz Jackson
Oliver Ford Davies
Hester's Father
Barbara Jefford
Collyer's Mother
Mark Tandy
Edie and Ravenscroft Assistant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rachel Weisz pushed for the role after seeing the stage production; Terence Davies initially thought her too beautiful for Hester's desperation.
Davies deliberately shot in Academy ratio (1.37:1) to evoke 1950s women's pictures, trapping Hester in the frame like her marriage trapped her.
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