Firebrand (Karim Aïnouz) & Emmanuelle (Audrey Diwan)
Firebrand is a pretty good but not completely convincing period drama, starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law, that tries to elevate Katherine Parr from pious sixth wife of Henry VIII to proto-feminist.
It’s based on a book called Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle, adapted by Henrietta and Jessica Ashworth, and directed by Karim Aïnouz (Invisible Life…
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