WICKED LITTLE LETTERS -- An OPENING NIGHT FEATURE
Rated: R ; 100 minutes in English Directed by: Thea Sharrock
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Timothy Spall
Starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley and based on a true story, Wicked Little Letters follows the inhabitants of an English seaside town that bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues.
However, as the town's women begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all.