Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.
- world war ii
- evacuation
- lesbian relationship
- writer
- cliffs
- schoolboy
- woman director
- coastal village
- 1940s
- thoughtful
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Lucas Bond — Frank
- Dixie Egerickx — Edie
- Siân Phillips — Margaret Corey
- Amanda Root — Mrs. Lawrence
- Jessica Gunning — Mrs. Bassett
- David Horovitch — Albert
- Martina Laird — Older Vera
- Amanda Lawrence — Muriel
- David Ajao — Officer
- Thomas Coombes — Air Raid Warden
- Rakhee Thakrar — Mrs. Evans
- Directed
- Jessica Swale
- Written
- Jessica Swale
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 230 ratings
- Studio
- Shoebox Films, Iota Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
