Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet will star in a new lesbian drama about same-sex love. This is the story of the relationship between the famous female paleontologist Mary Anning and a wealthy Londoner. Lorraine Anning, a 19th-century relative of the real Anning, believes that the decision to create a storyline for gay relationships was made by the director in order to make the picture more attractive to viewers. The trailer can be seen below, the release date of the movie "Ammonite" is expected in 2020, information about the actors is known, and footage from the set has already appeared.
Expectation rating: KinoPoisk - 99%, IMDb - 7.8.
Ammonite
United Kingdom
Genre:drama, melodrama
Producer:Francis Lee
World premiere: 11 September 2020
Release in Russia:2020
Actors:S. Ronan, K. Winslet, F. Shaw, J. Jones, J. McArdle, K. Rushbrook, A. Sekaryanu, B. Cournew, M. Schneider, L. Thomas
The two women begin a whirlwind romance that will change their lives forever.
Plot
Early 19th century, 1840s, England. Unrecognized female paleontologist Mary Anning works alone on the south coast. After her famous discoveries, she searches for common fossils to sell to tourists to support herself and her sick mother. When a wealthy visitor trusts Mary to take care of his wife Charlotte, she cannot afford to turn down his offer. Proud and passionate, Mary first encounters her unwanted guest. But despite the gap between them and their different social status, a deep bond is established between women, forcing them to determine the true nature of their relationship.
Production and offscreen team
Director and scriptwriter - Francis Lee (“God's Land”, “Bradford Halifax London”, “With and Without You”).
Film team:
- Producers: Ein Canning (The King's Speech, Mary and Max), Fodla Cronin O'Reilly (My Generation), Emil Sherman (The Lion);
- Operator: Stephane Fontaine (Captain Fantastic);
- Artists: Sarah Finlay (The Weekend), Grant Bailey (The Royals), Guy Bevitt (Lewis);
- Editor: Chris Wyatt (This Is England, God's Land).
Studios: BBC Films, BFI, See-Saw Films, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group.
The film was filmed on a set in Lyme Regis, a town in West Dorset, England, where the real Mary Anning worked and collected fossils in the early 1800s.
Cast
Cast:
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- This is the second movie Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet are working on together in 2020, after Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch.
- Filming will start in March 2019.
- Mary Anning is a real woman, renowned British fossil collector and amateur paleontologist. She made her first discovery at the age of 12 when she and her brother discovered the remains of an ichthyosaur. This was in 1811, 48 years before Charles Darwin's Origin of Species was published. She went on to uncover other dinosaur species that caused a sensation. But male scientists have often written about these findings in scientific papers with disbelief. The Geological Community of London refused to accept it. They did not recognize women until 1904, and she died in relative obscurity.
- Anning's relatives have accused director Francis Lee of creating a lesbian storyline. Mary's descendants have stated that her sexual orientation has not been confirmed. “Imagine the shame and embarrassment that this woman would feel now when her personal life was discussed and played out on the screen. It doesn't add anything to her story, ”said Barbara Anning.
Stay tuned for the exact 2020 release date, the Ammonite trailer is online with such a brilliant cast.
