Overview

• Premiering in TIFF’s Platform competition, the film drew sharply split notices from early critics.
• Variety praised it as a profoundly moving, superbly acted work, while IndieWire panned it with a C- grade; The Independent called the adaptation choice daring yet limited.
• Netflix plans a limited theatrical rollout on September 19 with global streaming to follow on October 3.
• Directed by Tim Mielants from Porter’s screenplay, the 1996-set story follows a British reform school during a visit from a news crew.
• Cillian Murphy leads a cast that includes Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, Jay Lycurgo and Simbi Ajikawo, with a 92-minute collage of handheld documentary textures and staged scenes.