The British actor O’Connor, best known for his work as Prince Charles on The Crown, and the Irish-born Mescal, famed for Normal People and, more recently, Gladiator II, are already dizzyingly popular; this first collaboration is only likely to deepen their fanbases.
David, we learn, grew up in Newport, then London, and comes from a wealthier background than Lionel, who was raised up on a poor farm in Kentucky (one he still is expected to help out on). His poor eyesight means that he avoided the draft, to fight in the trenches of the First World War. But David heads to what he wryly calls his “walking tour of Europe”, thankfully returning unscathed.
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At this point, as David and Lionel grow closer, you could be forgiven for thinking the film has the air of Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain about it, a period gay romance (a ‘Folkback Mountain’, if you will). But, adapted by Ben Shattuck from his own short story, the film takes an intriguing turn when the two men separate and David no longer returns Lionel’s letters.
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