Directed by:
Michael SamuelsScreenplay:
Patrick GaleCinematography:
Wojciech SzepelComposer:
Dan JonesCast:
Julian Morris, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, David Gyasi, Laura Carmichael, Gay Hamilton, James McArdle, Joanna Vanderham, Drew Edwards (more)Plots(1)
Southern Italy, 1944: As chaos reigns all around them, British Army Captain Michael Berryman meets war artist Thomas March. Despite having a young fiancée, Flora, straight-laced Michael finds himself falling for Thomas' bohemian charms; their relationship, however, is made impossible by societal pressures. 2017: In a more accepting world, an ageing Flora looks on as her grandson Adam tentatively forms a relationship with his client Steve. But while the external obstacles have fallen away, a minefield of internalised issues and dangerous temptations still line the road to happiness. (Network)
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Man in an Orange Shirt catches the eye at first glance with its theme and the way the narrative branches out into two temporal planes with a gap of many years between them. Being gay in the 1940s and 50s wasn't exactly easy, but even in this day and age that preaches tolerance, things aren't always rosy. You can't deny the film its made-for-TV look, and I was a little disappointed it doesn’t go more in depth, and that some places in the plot were left unfinished.
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