THE DEEP BLUE SEA

Year: 2011
USA: Music Box Films
UK: Artificial Eye
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Ann Mitchell, Jolyon Coy, Karl Johnson, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sarah Kants, Oliver Ford Davies, Barbara Jefford, Mark Tandy, Stuart McLoughlin, Nicholas Amer
Director: Terence Davies
Country: UK
USA & UK: 98 mins
USA Rated: R for a scene of sexuality and nudity
UK Certificate: 12A contains one use of strong language and suicide theme
USA Release Date: 23 March 2012 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 25 November 2011


Synopsis

Hester Collyer (Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz) leads a privileged life in 1950s London as the beautiful wife of high court judge Sir William Collyer (Simon Russell Beale). To the shock of those around her, she walks out on her marriage to move in with young ex-RAF pilot, Freddie Page (Tom Hiddleston), with whom she has fallen passionately in love.

Set in post-war Britain, this adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s classic play, THE DEEP BLUE SEA is a study of forbidden love, suppressed desire, and the fear of loneliness â€" but is at heart a deeply moving love story. Stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea, what - or whom - should Hester choose?