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    Netflix quietly adds ‘slow burn and intense’ film starring British cinema legends

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    Netflix viewers I can now watch a film featuring a series of Legends of British cinema which fans called “suspenseful, unpredictable and subtle.”

    The Sense of an Ending is a mystery drama based on the Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name by Julian Barnes.

    Released in 2017, it starred Jim BroadbentCharlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter, Billy Howle, Emily Mortimer, Michelle Dockery, Matthew Goode and Joe Alwyn.

    The film is told through the memories of Tony Webster (played by Jim) and his friends, “exploring the imperfection and selectivity of memory, as well as the different memories of past events, depending on the observer and time elapsed since the event.

    Tony, an elderly divorcee, runs a camera store in London but one day he receives a letter from the estate of Sarah Ford, the mother of his 1960s college girlfriend Veronica.

    To his surprise, she left him £500 and a diary, which is still with Veronica, and he then makes efforts to find her, with old events coming to the fore.


    Charlotte Rampling and Jim Broadbent standing on a bridge in a scene from The Sense of an Ending.
    Netflix viewers can now watch The Sense of an Ending, starring Charlotte Rampling and
    Jim Broadbent (Photo: Rex/Shutterstock)

    Jim Broadbent standing inside a train car in a scene from The Sense of an Ending.
    The film is told through the memories of Tony Webster (Jim) and those of his friends.

    Praising the film on Rotten Tomatoes, fan Kevin wrote: “Well written, well acted, suspenseful, unpredictable and subtle.”

    “It’s a slow-burning drama about grief, loss and introspection. I found it quite a captivating and thoughtful watch,” Isla shared.

    “Intense and original. A real surprise!’ » another added.


    Jim Broadbent and Harriet Walter sitting at a table with wine in a scene from The Sense of an Ending.
    It also stars British film legend Harriet Walter (Photo: Rex/Shutterstock)

    Meanwhile, other viewers praised the “great casting” and Jim’s “power”, while others said the film “held my attention from start to finish” and was “moving and captivating”.


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    Speaking ahead of the film’s release, director Ritesh Batra said Town and country she first fell in love with the story while reading the book in 2011.

    “It’s about an Englishman of a certain age and social class, and the cliché is that this kind of person will have difficulty expressing his emotions, but in this film there is a meditation on loss, memory and personal history It’s about one man’s journey to the end,” she explained.

    The Meaning of an Ending is streaming on Netflix.

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