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H Is for Hawk

Claire Foy stars alongside Brendan Gleeson in Philippa Lowthorpe’s beautifully realised and emotionally charged adaptation of Helen MacDonald’s award-winning memoir.

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Credits

  • Director

    Philippa Lowthorpe

  • Screenwriters

    Emma Donoghue, Philippa Lowthorpe

  • With

    Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson, Denise Gough, Lindsay Duncan, Sam Spruell

  • UK 2025. 115min

  • Courtesy of

    Lionsgate UK

  • Language

    English

  • Certificate

    BBFC15

Access information

Descriptive subtitles:
Saturday 18 October 12:00

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Introduction

When Cambridge academic Helen’s father dies, the grief sends her spiralling into an abyss. In an effort to process her loss, she retreats from the human world to train a fearsome Northern goshawk. Foy gives an exceptional, career-best performance as Helen, while Charlotte Bruus Christensen’s cinematography and Sarah Finlay’s production design help Lowthorpe access the gravity and emotion of this story.

Kristy Matheson

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