We have had Netflix for quite awhile now. But I seldom watch it.
For nearly two hours myself and my wife were taken away from
this terrible pandemic and watched a terrific film about an archaeological
discovery made on the eve of the Second World War at Suffolk in eastern
England. Maybe some of the children or grand-children of some of
the thousands of American servicemen stationed at the airfields in this
neck of the woods will have been told what beautiful countryside this is.
And the film shot on location will show you that not much has changed to
the beauty.
The cast is magnificent. Yes this is a slow burner. But it will set your hearts
alight.Ralph Fiennes is the "excavator" Basil Brown who discovers the
remains of an early Anglo Saxon boat from the sixth century , on the land
of Edith Pretty a vey sick widow with a Carey Mulligan like Fiennes
giving Academy Award performances.
But it is not only the main characters who are superb .Archie Barnes as
Edith Pretty's young son and Lily James who discovers the first treasure
also put in first rate performances.
