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The Delivered

Fanny Lye Deliver'd

2019

Thomas Clay

Maxine Peake, Charles Dance, Freddie Fox, Tanya Reynolds ...

5.6

290

Drama. Thriller Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657. The story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It is an arresting film, although a bit programmatic, with narrative turns that can broadly be predicted. Yet the lead performance by Peake holds it together: fierce, strong, intelligent (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"Authentic, pastoral, feminist, and very violent, this story about the liberation of Puritan housewife Fanny Lye (a superb Maxine Peake) slowly burns up the screen"
		Cynthia Vinney CBR	"A baffling movie experience. I appreciated the strong performances and design elements, but they don’t make up for the slow story, the pedantic arguments about religion or the movie's insistence that the terrible events of the film liberated Fanny."
		Nikki Baughan Empire	"While Maxine Peake shines in the lead role (...), all aspects of Thomas Clay’s gritty, immersive historical drama blaze with visceral authenticity (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Katz Cineuropa	"A potent brew of sex, violence and political radicalism (...) 'Fanny Lye' is a well-made, gripping film, with a principled sense of wanting to explore British history"

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