We take a look at movies hitting our screens in this month’s box office.
Operation Mincemeat
12 May
Set in 1943, the film follows two brilliant intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu and Charles Cholmondeley. Dubbed ‘Operation Mincemeat’, they conceived a plan to trick the Nazis into believing Allied forces were planning to attack southern Europe by way of Greece rather than Sicily. The idea involved a corpse equipped with misleading papers being dropped off the coast of Spain for Nazi spies to take the bait.
Directed by John Madden and starring Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfayden and Penelope Wilton.
The Innocents
19 May
During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren’t looking. An original and gripping supernatural thriller where playtime takes a dangerous turn.
Directed by Eskil Vogt and starring Alva Brynsmo Ramstad and Rakel Lenora Fløttum.
Pinocchio: A True Story
19 May
Young Pinocchio runs away from his genius creator, Jepetto, accompanied by the horse, Tibalt, to see the world, and joins the travelling circus run by hustler Modjafocco.
Directed by Vasiliy Rovenskiy and starring Pauly Shore, Jon Heder, Tom Kenny, Dmitriy Iosifov.
Nothing Compares
This is the story of Sinéad O’Connor’s phenomenal rise to worldwide fame. We follow her exile from the pop world as her irreverent personality clashes with the mainstream.
Director: Kathryn Ferguson | Ireland
Ithaka
Julian Assange’s father fights for his son’s freedom. The human story behind the headlines.
Director: Ben Lawrence | Australia
Tantura
When the State of Israel was established in 1948, war broke out and hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated in its aftermath. Israelis know this as the War of Independence while Palestinians call it “Al Nakba” (the Catastrophe). This is a story about one such village: Tantura.
Director: Alon Schwarz | Israel
