Overview
- The North East screening at Tyneside Cinema drew Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough for an onstage Q&A on Tuesday.
- Written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams, the film stars Blethyn as Elsie with Riseborough as Colleen and Jason Watkins as Elsie’s son, John.
- Attendees reported an unexpectedly shocking ending, with audible gasps during the Newcastle showing, though plot details were kept under wraps.
- 'Dragonfly' opens nationwide on 7 November, following its regional premiere and promotional appearances in Newcastle.
- Blethyn said the project arrived just after she finished Vera in July 2024, was filmed over about a month, and was reported as using Yorkshire locations.