Jason Savin

Loving wife & mother Sarah is abducted by intelligent and forensically aware psychopath Nigel. The family and the police are subjected to a manipulation of the reality that surrounds them. Relating to the darkest side of the human character Flowerman also connects with both a spiritual aspect and a basic drive for survival.

1974: Against the backdrop of a violent miners strike in their quiet Northumbrian village, a likeable teenage artist falls in love with the new girl from London, but their tempestuous relationship and attempts to escape cause him to betray his family, community and best friends; he becomes dangerously embroiled in the rioting of the strike. With attempts to reconcile them failing, he must choose between his old friends and his new love.

Em 1554, a Inglaterra estava divida entre católicos e protestantes e era governada por Mary Tudor (Kathy Burke), católica, mas devido a um tumor ela acaba falecendo. Agora sua meia-irmã Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett), protestante, assume o poder. Porém, Elizabeth herda um país falido, sem exército e com inimigos por todos os lados, até mesmo na sua própria corte, forçando-a tomar cuidado a cada passo para permanecer no poder.