“The Lost King” showcases Sally Hawkins at her best

On the Trail of the Bones of an English Ruler: Stephen Frears’ The Lost King is a quintessential British film – and well worth a watch.

“The Lost King” is her most recent film, but English actress Sally Hawkins got her big break in 2008 in Mike Leigh’s “Happy-Go-Luckcy,” in which she hilariously stands up to her psychopathic driving instructor as chronically cheerful Bobby. Since then, Hawkins, born in 1976, has appeared in numerous films, including blockbuster monster films such as “Godzilla 1 and 2.” But her star role remains that of a somewhat quirky British woman with a sense of humourwhich you are now playing again.

The Lost King: Usually British

After attending a production of “Richard III,” Philippa Langley (Hawkins) decides to find the king’s missing bones and free him from the image of a cold-blooded tyrant. In fact, the amateur historian, on her own initiative, and after being ridiculed by scholars and bureaucrats, will dig up a parking space – and find it. Hawkins makes this stubborn but resolute woman an utterly likeable character, and Frears tells the story with his usual confidence and British humour.

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