Brexit i 2016 rystede den eksisterende verdensorden og kastede briterne ud i det kaos der i dag hersker på den anden side af Nordsøen. Men hvordan lykkedes det for Leave-bevægelsen at overbevise et flertal af englænderne om, at den bedste vej var ud af det Europæiske samarbejde? En ny HBO film portrætterer
Stjerne i hovedrollen
Det er en af Englands største stjerner der spiller hovedrollen som Dominic Cummings – manden der stod i spidsen for Leave-kampagnen: Benedict Cumberbatch, som de fleste kender fra Dr. Strange og Sherlock Holmes, skal spille Cummings.
HBO skriver om filmen:
“The result of the Brexit referendum in summer 2016 caused a political earthquake that laid waste to the normally stable British establishment and sent political tremors around the world. Cumberbatch portrays Dominic Cummings, who spearheaded the Vote Leave campaign. Rory Kinnear plays Craig Oliver, Prime Minister David Cameron’s director of communications and head of the Remain campaign. This provocative feature-length drama goes behind the scenes, revealing the personalities, strategies and feuds of the Leave and Remain campaigns. The tactics employed by Vote Leave during the data-driven campaign swayed a historically silent voting bloc that would ultimately decide the outcome of the referendum, as well as affecting future elections around the world.”
Filmen om Brexit får premiere d. 19 januar på HBO – om den kommer til HBO Nordic på samme tidspunkt er endnu ikke offentliggjort.