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    Francis Lee on making 'Ammonite' with Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan

    by Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times Sep 16, 2020 6 minutes

    After a number of pandemic-related delays, the period romance "Ammonite" has been uncovered at last. Written and directed by Francis Lee, the film is set in 1840s Dorset, England. There the paleontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) spends her time mostly alone by the seaside looking for fossils. After Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan) is unceremoniously left behind by her husband to convalesce in Anning's care, the two women find themselves drawing closer, both brightened by the relationship.

    The film brings together three celebrated artists. Lee, an actor turned filmmaker, won numerous prizes for his 2017 debut feature "God's Own Country," a queer romance set on a sheep farm. Winslet, along with her best actress Oscar win for "The Reader," has six other Academy Award nominations. Ronan is a four-time Oscar nominee.

    "Ammonite" was selected to be part of the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and also the Telluride Film Festival in the fall, both of which were subsequently canceled. The film finally had its world premiere on Friday night as part of the Toronto International Film Festival. Earlier

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