"Who goes there...? I'll send thee back to Satan!" Quiver Dist. has unveiled an official US trailer for an indie drama from England titled The Delivered, also known as Fanny Lye Deliver'd for its UK release. This originally premiered at last year's London Film Festival, and it launches direct-to-vod in January. Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657, this tells the story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility - albeit at great personal cost. Living a life of Puritan stricture with husband John and young son Arthur, Fanny Lye's world is shaken to its core by the unexpected arrival of two strangers in need, a young couple closely pursued by a ruthless sheriff and his deputy. This stars Maxine Peake as Fanny Lye, with Charles Dance, Freddie Fox, Tanya Reynolds, and Zak Adams. This is definitely not my cup 'o tea,...
- 12/7/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
On a remote 17th century farm, the arrival of two mysterious strangers transform the life of Puritan housewife Fanny Lye in The Delivered. The movie will see its US premiere on January 15th on VOD and we have the exclusive premiere of the US trailer for Daily Dead readers!
"Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657. The Delivered tells the story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility - albeit at great personal cost. Living a life of Puritan stricture with husband John and young son Arthur, Fanny Lye's world is shaken to its core by the unexpected arrival of two strangers in need, a young couple closely pursued by a ruthless sheriff and his deputy."
Directed and written by Thomas Clay, The Delivered stars Maxine Peake, Charles Dance, Freddie Fox, Tanya Reynolds, Zak Adams, Peter McDonald,...
"Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657. The Delivered tells the story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility - albeit at great personal cost. Living a life of Puritan stricture with husband John and young son Arthur, Fanny Lye's world is shaken to its core by the unexpected arrival of two strangers in need, a young couple closely pursued by a ruthless sheriff and his deputy."
Directed and written by Thomas Clay, The Delivered stars Maxine Peake, Charles Dance, Freddie Fox, Tanya Reynolds, Zak Adams, Peter McDonald,...
- 12/3/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The world is upside down. War has ravaged England and the King - a man once thought to be appointed by God - has been killed. To see the little farm where Fanny Lye (Maxine Peake) lives, however, one wouldn't know it. There she stays with her husband John (Charles Dance) and young son Arthur (Zak Adams), engaged in patient drudgery, expecting little better from life but broadly satisfied that things are not worse - until the day when the three of them return home from church to see smoke rising from their chimney.
Director Thomas Clay's previous work has shown that he's a filmmaker of singular vision, ready to devote himself to a subject and spend years getting to know it before his work comes to fruition. This film is no exception. It's a fascinating take on a period rarely addressed in cinema (Michael Reeves' Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General being.
Director Thomas Clay's previous work has shown that he's a filmmaker of singular vision, ready to devote himself to a subject and spend years getting to know it before his work comes to fruition. This film is no exception. It's a fascinating take on a period rarely addressed in cinema (Michael Reeves' Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General being.
- 6/24/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
1657. Fanny Lye (Maxine Peake) is living a downtrodden life on an isolated Shropshire farm with her devout and strict husband John (Charles Dance) and their son Arthur (Zak Adams). When they discover Thomas and Rebecca (Freddie Fox and Tanya Reynolds) have broken into their barn while on the run from bandits, the young couple’s very different philosophy opens up new possibilities for Fanny.
The home invasion film is a well established form in horror cinema. Fanny Lye Deliver’d may not exactly be a horror film, but it shares more than a few traits of the genre, and the film’s structure follows almost to the letter that of a home invasion film. The status quo of the characters lives is set up; an incoming force disrupts it, and is revealed to be to some degree malevolent; one character is either seduced or pretends to be in order to...
The home invasion film is a well established form in horror cinema. Fanny Lye Deliver’d may not exactly be a horror film, but it shares more than a few traits of the genre, and the film’s structure follows almost to the letter that of a home invasion film. The status quo of the characters lives is set up; an incoming force disrupts it, and is revealed to be to some degree malevolent; one character is either seduced or pretends to be in order to...
- 6/24/2020
- by Sam Inglis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Fanny Lye Deliver’d Photo: Edinburgh International Film Festival
The latest film from Brighton-born director Thomas Clay, and part of this year’s Edinburgh international Film Festival selection (screening online in partnership with Curzon), Fanny Lye Deliver’d is unlike anything else you’ll see this year. A powerful drama set in the aftermath of the English Civil War, it focuses on Fanny (Maxine Peake), a modest housewife living on a farm with her husband John (Charles Dance) and young son Arthur (Zak Adams) whose life is turned upside down by the arrival of two strangers. Thomas (Freddie Fox) and Rebecca (Tanya Reynolds) are members of a recently formed religious sect with very different attitudes to faith and sexuality, and they bring trouble in their wake – but Fanny is made of steelier stuff than anyone suspects.
The director has spoken at length about his passion for this period in history,...
The latest film from Brighton-born director Thomas Clay, and part of this year’s Edinburgh international Film Festival selection (screening online in partnership with Curzon), Fanny Lye Deliver’d is unlike anything else you’ll see this year. A powerful drama set in the aftermath of the English Civil War, it focuses on Fanny (Maxine Peake), a modest housewife living on a farm with her husband John (Charles Dance) and young son Arthur (Zak Adams) whose life is turned upside down by the arrival of two strangers. Thomas (Freddie Fox) and Rebecca (Tanya Reynolds) are members of a recently formed religious sect with very different attitudes to faith and sexuality, and they bring trouble in their wake – but Fanny is made of steelier stuff than anyone suspects.
The director has spoken at length about his passion for this period in history,...
- 6/24/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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