MY COUSIN RACHEL (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), Sam Claflin (Their Finest), Iain Glen (Eye in the Sky), Holliday Grainger (Great Expectations), Andrew Knott (The Secret Garden), Poppy Lee Friar (Mr Selfridge), Katherine Pearce (film debut), Simon Russell Beale (The Deep Blue Sea), Tristram Davies (film debut), Andrew Havill (The King’s Speech), Vicki Pepperdine (Blackball), Bobby Scott Freeman (The Hooligan Factory), Harrie Hayes (Anti Matter)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Roger Michell (Notting Hill), director, writer; Kevin Loader (In The Loop), producer; Rael Jones (White Lie), composer; Mike Eley (The Selfish Giant), cinematographer; Kristina Hetherington (Trespass Against Us), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Young Englishman Philip (Claflin) plots revenge against her beautiful but mysterious cousin, Rachel (Weisz), who he believes has murdered his guardian. However, upon her arrival, Philip slowly starts to fall under her manipulative spell…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Rachel Weisz is wickedly watchable as the title character in director Roger Michell’s adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic tale of seduction and manipulation.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 9TH JUNE 2017

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