About the Event
The British Film Festival presents an advance preview from acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh, The Christophers is a sharp, darkly comic exploration of art, legacy and deception, led by Golden Globe winner Ian McKellen and Emmy winner Michaela Coel.
"In a six-decade career spanning Shakespeare, Stephen King, Marvel, and Gandalf, this may be the best work of McKellen’s career." - Boston Globe
"Much like a pivotal painting of Lori’s, the more time you squint at the existential musings tucked into The Christophers, the more there is to see." - Chicago Reader
"The Christophers finds director Steven Soderbergh continuing his insatiable journey of cinematic exploration, and seemingly having the time of his life." - Globe and Mail
Director:
Steven Soderbergh
Actors:
Ian McKellen,
Michaela Coel
The estranged children of a once-famous artist hire a forger to complete his unfinished works so they can be "discovered" and sold after his death.