Actress Frances O’Connor makes her directorial debut with
Emily, which stars Emma Mackey as literary giant Emily Bronte.
The film focusses on several relationships in Bronte's life, including
those with her sisters Charlotte (Alexandra Dowling) and Anne
(Amelia Gething), brother Branwell (Fionn Whitehead), and the object of her affection, Weightman
(Oliver Jackson-Cohen).
Adrian Dunbar and Gemma Jones also star.
Emily is in UK/ROI cinemas from October 14th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
“EMILY” tells the imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Brontë. The film stars Emma Mackey (“Sex Education”, “Death on the Nile”) as Emily, a rebel and misfit, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic Wuthering Heights. “EMILY” explores the relationships that inspired her – her raw, passionate sisterhood with Charlotte (Alexandra Dowling – “The Musketeers”) and Anne (Amelia Gething – “The Spanish Princess”); her first aching, forbidden love for Weightman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen – “The Lost Daughter”, “The Haunting of Bly Manor”) and her care for her maverick brother (Fionn Whitehead – “The Duke”, “Dunkirk”) whom she idolises.
