Their Finest (2017)
Directed by Lone Scherfig
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.
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What critics compared Their Finest to
A cross between “Shakespeare in Love” and “The Imitation Game,” “Their Finest” is an offbeat romantic comedy about making a film and making love in a Blitz-pounded World War II-era London.
Like The Imitation Game and The King’s Speech before it, the film largely relies on a muted blue-gray color palette as a means of tastefully conveying the past.
The Imitation Game, with Benedict Cumberbatch is a very different kind of English film, also set during the Second World War.
Others, like her superior, Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ), are intrigued with her talents and boldness.