The Lost King

The wonderful Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) plays Philippa, a writer suffering through a midlife crisis brought on by a divorce and health challenges, who takes on Richard’s cause after happening upon the Richard III society. This group of amateur historians, bent on rehabilitating the reputation of the fallen monarch, ignites an obsession in Langley to locate King Richard III’s final resting place. Through her sensitive and spirited portrayal of Philippa, Hawkins shows us a woman who fights ferociously to redeem Richard, all the while seemingly powerless to change others’ misunderstanding of her. In mending history’s fractured perception of Richard III, Philippa also mends herself.