Red Joan

About Red Joan

London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.

Red Joan is a 2018 history thriller film directed by Trevor Nunn. It runs 101 minutes and was released in September 2018.

Judi Dench stars as Joan Elizabeth Stanley, Sophie Cookson as Young Joan Elizabeth Stanley, Tom Hughes as Leo Galich, and Tereza Srbova as Sonya Galich. Written by Lindsay Shapero. The film began as a novel.

Shelv files it under cold war, 2000s, older man younger woman relationship, and co-workers relationship. It streams on AcornTV Amazon Channel, Acorn TV Apple TV channel, and AMC+ in the United States.

Oppenheimer, Bridge of Spies, and Downfall make useful companions to Red Joan, all filed under 1940s, atomic bomb, and world war ii. It scores 6.6 out of 10 from 405 TMDB voters.