Emma. (2020)
Country: GB
Technical: col 124m
Director: Autumn de Wilde
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth, Gemma Whelan, Bill Nighy, Rupert Graves
Synopsis:
When her former governess and friend marries a wealthy widower from among her social circle, Emma Woodhouse fancies herself something of a Cupid and begins ordering the romantic prospects of her new protégée, an orphan at the local boarding school. As experience proves, she is not only blind to love's true course but causes considerable unhappiness to herself and others.
Review:
If your thought was, 'Why on earth do we need another Emma?', think again. Bevan and Broadbent have fashioned the perfect cinematic accompaniment to the novel's sober admonishments. And while you might feel initially that aligning its spiritual diversions with the classicism of the architectural decor or a Haydn minuet tends to frivolity, they leave plenty of space for depth of feeling and a Beethovenian andante appassionato! In this they are abetted by extreme close-up performances from the leads that bespeak all the pain and rapture of a love unspoken, while a seasonal approach to the narrative and highly developed mise-en-scène make it the best looking Austen adaptation yet.
Country: GB
Technical: col 124m
Director: Autumn de Wilde
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth, Gemma Whelan, Bill Nighy, Rupert Graves
Synopsis:
When her former governess and friend marries a wealthy widower from among her social circle, Emma Woodhouse fancies herself something of a Cupid and begins ordering the romantic prospects of her new protégée, an orphan at the local boarding school. As experience proves, she is not only blind to love's true course but causes considerable unhappiness to herself and others.
Review:
If your thought was, 'Why on earth do we need another Emma?', think again. Bevan and Broadbent have fashioned the perfect cinematic accompaniment to the novel's sober admonishments. And while you might feel initially that aligning its spiritual diversions with the classicism of the architectural decor or a Haydn minuet tends to frivolity, they leave plenty of space for depth of feeling and a Beethovenian andante appassionato! In this they are abetted by extreme close-up performances from the leads that bespeak all the pain and rapture of a love unspoken, while a seasonal approach to the narrative and highly developed mise-en-scène make it the best looking Austen adaptation yet.
Country: GB
Technical: col 124m
Director: Autumn de Wilde
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth, Gemma Whelan, Bill Nighy, Rupert Graves
Synopsis:
When her former governess and friend marries a wealthy widower from among her social circle, Emma Woodhouse fancies herself something of a Cupid and begins ordering the romantic prospects of her new protégée, an orphan at the local boarding school. As experience proves, she is not only blind to love's true course but causes considerable unhappiness to herself and others.
Review:
If your thought was, 'Why on earth do we need another Emma?', think again. Bevan and Broadbent have fashioned the perfect cinematic accompaniment to the novel's sober admonishments. And while you might feel initially that aligning its spiritual diversions with the classicism of the architectural decor or a Haydn minuet tends to frivolity, they leave plenty of space for depth of feeling and a Beethovenian andante appassionato! In this they are abetted by extreme close-up performances from the leads that bespeak all the pain and rapture of a love unspoken, while a seasonal approach to the narrative and highly developed mise-en-scène make it the best looking Austen adaptation yet.