Woman #2
A wanna-be filmmaker persuades a reluctant film director into giving a mentorship when suddenly they are both kidnapped by an enigmatic gang.
Writer
N has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.
Screenplay
혼기 꽉 찬 나이에 남자보단 글 쓰는 것을 더 좋아해 부모님의 골치거리가 되고 있는 제인 오스틴. 그런 그녀 앞에 부모님의 잔소리보다 더 신경 쓰이는 존재가 나타났다! 그의 이름은 톰 리프로이. 겸손이라고는 눈곱만치도 찾아 볼 수 없는 오만함을 가진 최악의 남자다. 산책길에서, 도서관에서, 무도회에서 우연히 마주치는 그와 티격태격 신경전이 계속되지만 이 느낌이 왠지 싫지만은 않다. 게다가 그를 떠올릴 때마다 심장은 주책없이 뛰고 솟아오르는 영감으로 펜은 저절로 움직인다. 이것은 혹시 사랑? 한 편, 부와 명예 모든 조건이 완벽하게 갖춰진 귀족집안의 미스터 위슬리의 청혼으로 자신은 물론, 식구들 모두 가난이라는 숙명에서 벗어날 수 있는 기회를 얻게 되는데. 자신의 전부를 바칠 수 있을 것만 같은 운명적인 사랑을 만난 지금, 과연 어떤 선택이 그녀에게 행복을 가져다 줄 수 있을까?
Writer
In 19th century Victorian England, Mrs. Isabella Beeton produced what became an essential book for housewives of the day. She was married at a relatively young age to Sam Beeton, a publisher of books and magazines on a variety of subjects. Not someone to sit at home in the traditional role of a housewife, Mrs. Beeton started work in her husband's business, initially as an editor correcting English but then writing some of the columns herself. It as at this point that she developed an idea for a cookbook and Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management was born. Her life was not an easy one however. The publishing business went bankrupt, she lost two children at a young age and had several miscarriages. She died at the age of 28.
Writer
In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England. Wallis and Edward is the first time that the events have been considered from Wallis's point of view. The drama follows the beginning of their affair whilst Edward was Prince of Wales and Wallis was still married to Ernest Simpson.
Ruth
In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. She is taken to a boarding school where she is forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment. Only one sympathetic white teacher who is more and more repelled by this bigotry offers her any help from among the staff. That, with her force of will, Ashtecome (forced to take the name Amelia) is determined to hold on to her identity and that of her siblings, who were also abducted.
