Emily (2022)

6.8R130 minDirector: Frances O'Connor

British film directed by Frances O'Connor

Emily is a 2022 British biographical drama film written and directed by Frances O'Connor in her directorial debut. It is a part-fictional portrait of English writer Emily Brontë (played by Emma Mackey), concentrating on a fictional romantic relationship with the young curate William Weightman. Fionn Whitehead, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Alexandra Dowling, Amelia Gething, Adrian Dunbar and Gemma Jones appear in supporting roles.

Emily premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival before being theatrically released in the United Kingdom by Warner Bros. Pictures on 14 October 2022.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Emily about?
Emily (2022) — "Emily" imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world's most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers, who died, too soon, at age 30.
Is Emily based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Emily scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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