Orwell: 2+2=5

Raoul Peck channels the clarity and urgency of George Orwell’s prose into a gripping cinematic statement – elegant, forceful and uncompromising.

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Credits

  • Director-screenwriter

    Raoul Peck

  • With

    Damian Lewis

  • France-USA 2025. 119min

  • Courtesy of

    Altitude

  • Languages

    English, Burmese, Russian, French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese

    With English subtitles

Introduction

Narrated by Damian Lewis and shaped by Alexandra Strauss’s electric editing, Peck’s film lends Orwell’s prescient observations renewed urgency. His visually compelling direction, which blends layered narration and archival juxtapositions, finds Orwell’s words sharp and unsettling, echoing through a fractured present and becoming a clarion call for an examination of the mechanics of power, propaganda and systemic violence. It’s a timely work, infused with timeless critique.

Hyun Jin Cho

Content warning

Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury, and racist attitudes and language.

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