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PhiloLondon, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.
Drama films. This article is more than 7 years old. Review.This rather too mild-mannered drama, directed by Trevor Nunn, combines the red peril with a blue rinse. But the storytelling, like the beige-heavy cinematography that takes its…
The initial catalyst to Joan’s awakening enters her life through an open window. To work around the strict curfew of her dorm, the confident Sonia (Tereza Srbova) climbs into Joan’s room with movie-star glamour and in due course…
Trevor Nunn's film about 'granny spy' Melita Norwood aims for The Imitation Game-style spring, but squanders its greatest acting asset. ... The film gives its “Red Joan” a conventionally glamorous Apostle-style career in Cambridge…
