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The Lost King

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Original title: The Lost King
Year: 2022
Running time: 108 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Stephen Frears
Screenwriter: Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography: Zac Nicholson
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, James Fleet, Sinead MacInnes, John-Paul Hurley, Jessica Hardwick, Phoebe Pryce, Alasdair Hankinson, Glenna Morrison, Robert Maloney, Lati Gbaja, Harry Lloyd, Sharon Osdin, James Rottger, Benjamin ScanlanSee 5 More
Producer: BBC Film, Baby Cow Productions, Pathé, Ingenious Media
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a carpark in Leicester. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with scepticism by experts and academics. "The Lost King" is the life-affirming true story of a woman who refused to be ignored and who took on the country's most eminent historians, forcing them to think again about one of the most infamous kings in England's history.

Awards: 2022: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Nom. Best Lead Performance (Hawkins)

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"Pleasant-enough middlebrow entertainment that will serve the cinematic needs of older viewers especially (...) So, aside from all that, the film is… fine, adequate, passably entertaining"

Leslie Felperin: The Hollywood Reporter
"With Hawkins's performance at its center, 'The Lost King' winds up being a paean to amateurism and unconventionality. Greatness comes in all shapes, sizes and packages; genius can take any number of forms (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Ann Hornaday: The Washington Post
"Hawkins' work was almost enough for me, but it's a classic case of the true story, and probably the book that first told the true story, being more interesting than the movie about it"

Brian Tallerico: rogerebert.com
"'Philomena' was fine, but 'The Lost King' is a growth ring, a richer, stronger, and more moving piece of work"

Owen Gleiberman: Variety
"Hawkins is as delightfully quirky as ever, but this Stephen Frears drama about searching for truth gets lost in its own illusions"

Kate Erbland: IndieWire
"The film only superficially conveys the importance of the historical insights it contains (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"

Seth Katz: Slant
"A modest but thoroughly captivating tale that has the look and feel of so many good British films of 25 or 30 years ago, a quality that can no doubt be attributed to that reliable all-rounder Stephen Frears at the helm"

Todd McCarthy: Deadline
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