Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)

65% User Rating

1h 50min

"Her world transform'd"

On an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John and their young son. One day their life is rocked with the arrival of young couple Thomas and Rebecca who claim to have been robbed and need a place to stay. But are these strangers really who they say they are?

Thomas ClayDirector

Cast

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Maxine Peake

Fanny Lye

Charles Dance

John Lye

Freddie Fox

Thomas Ashbury

Tanya Reynolds

Rebecca Henshaw

Zak Adams

Arthur Lye

Peter McDonald

High Sheriff for the Council of State

Perry Fitzpatrick

Sheriff's Deputy

Kenneth Collard

Constable

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SWITCH.

Rating 70%

November 18, 2020

Thomas Clay's feminist folktale asks us to question whether it is strength of character, not adherence to an arbitrary set of rules, that makes a person “good“. 'Fanny Lye Deliver'd' isn't a happy film, but Fanny's liberation and her rejection of tyrannical rule ensures that it is an empowering one. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-fanny-lye-deliverd-feminist-folk-horror