Tag: Stephen Daldry
Second THE READER Poster
The folks over at Cinematical have debuted the new poster for “The Reader.” Tagline states: “How far would you go to protect a secret?”
The story opens in post-WWII Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna (Kate Winslet), a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair.
First Look at Kate Winslet in The Reader
The first picture from the upcoming Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) film, entitled “The Reader,” have been published on Awards Daily web site.
A haunting love story based on the best-selling novel of the same name, “The Reader” is set in postwar Germany and tells the story of a man whose life has been shaped by an illicit affair with a passionate, elusive older woman during his youth. Bernhard Schlink’s “The Reader” has been translated into 39 languages and has garnered numerous awards. “The Reader” was the first German novel to reach number one on The New York Times Bestseller List.
Kate Winslet plays very old woman in ”The Reader”
Kate Winslet is starring alongside Ralph Fiennes in Stephen Daldry‘s post-world war II drama, ”The Reader,” based on the novel by Bernhard Schlink.
In postwar Germany, a young man’s decades-long obsession with an older woman runs headlong into a war crimes trial, where he learns an awful truth.
