Harry Styles led gay romance drama My Policeman to get world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival
"A visually transporting, heart-stopping portrait of three people caught up in the shifting tides of history, liberty, and forgiveness."
Words: Alastair James; pictures: Prime Video
The gay romance drama starring Harry Styles, My Policeman, is set to get its world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
TIFF announced the news earlier today (Thursday 21 July) on social media. The Festival runs from Thursday 8 September to Sunday 18 September.
🚨 We got the cinema 🚨@MichaelGrandage’s MY POLICEMAN will have its World Premiere at #TIFF22. This heart-stopping portrait of three people caught up in the shifting tides of history stars @Harry_Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina Mckee, Linus Roache, David Dawson and Rupert Everett. pic.twitter.com/r7xafkN3TW
— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) July 21, 2022
In the film, set in 1950s Brighton, Harry plays the titular policeman, Tom Burgess. The Crown’s Emma Corrin plays his partner Marion Taylor, a teacher while David Dawson plays museum curator Patrick Hazlewoodas, whom Tom has an affair with.
The film is based on Bethan Roberts’ 1950s-set novel of the same name and will also star Linus Roache, Rupert Everett, and Gina McKee as older versions of Tom, Patrick, and Marion.
Of the film, TIFF says “director Michael Grandage carves a visually transporting, heart-stopping portrait of three people caught up in the shifting tides of history, liberty, and forgiveness.”
My Policeman will be released in cinemas across the US and UK on 21 October and will then be available to stream worldwide on 4 November.
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