ShootinghaswrappedonFannyLyeDeliver’d,aperioddramastarringMaxinePeake(TheTheoryofEverything),CharlesDance(GameofThrones)andFreddieFox(TheRiotClub).ThecastalsoincludesTanyaReynoldsinherfirstfeaturefilmroleandPeterMcDonald(TheStag).  ShotovertenweeksonlocationinShropshire,England,thefilmiswrittenanddirectedbyThomasClayandproducedbyZoranaPiggott(CoupleInAHole),RobCannan(TheLoversandtheDespot)andPhilippeBober.ThelateJosephLang,Clay’slong-timeproducer,receivesaposthumousproducingcredit.  Setin1657onanisolatedfarminShropshire,thestoryfollowsFannyLye(Peake)asshelearnstotranscendheroppressivemarriageanddiscoversanewworldofpossibility.  LivingalifeofpuritanstricturewithhusbandJohnLye(Dance)andyoungsonArthur,FannyLye’sworldisshakenbytheunexpectedarrivaloftwostrangersinneed-ayoungcouple(Fox,Reynolds)closelypursuedbyaruthlesssheriff(McDonald)andhisdeputy.  “FannyLyeDeliver’disauniqueandcompellinghistoricaldrama,closerinspirittoawestern,oramodernthriller,thanatraditionalEnglishperiodpiece”,saidproducerPiggott.  “Firstandforemostitisagrippingstory,asimple,excitingnarrativebroughttolifewithincrediblypowerfulandcompellingperformancesandThomas’uniquevision.”  ItmarksClay’sthirdfeaturefilm.Hisdebut,TheGreatEcstasyofRobertCarmichael,screenedatCannes’Critics’Weekin2005whilehisfollow-up,SoiCowboy,shotonlocationinThailand,premieredatCannesinUnCertainRegardin2008.  APullBackCameraproductioninco-productionwithEssentialFilmproduktion(Germany),FannyLyeDeliver’disfundedbytheBFI,CreativeEnglandandtheWestMidlandsProductionFundwithsupportfromFilmstiftungNRW,MedienboardBerlinBrandenburgandZDF.  CoproductionOfficeishandlingworldsales.第49届鹿特丹国际电影节大银幕奖(提名)托马斯·克雷