{"id":2528,"date":"2021-01-19T08:32:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T08:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/?post_type=films&#038;p=2528"},"modified":"2021-01-26T13:53:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T13:53:33","slug":"the-personal-history-of-david-copperfield","status":"publish","type":"films","link":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/films\/the-personal-history-of-david-copperfield\/","title":{"rendered":"The Personal History of David Copperfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: small;\">Starring Oscar nominee Dev Patel with an exceptional supporting cast, including Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, and Ben Wishaw, this is a gloriously entertaining careening through 19th-century England, tracking its hero&#8217;s zigzag destiny.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: small;\">Born six months after the death of his father, David (Patel) is lucky to be raised by a loving mother. But when Mum weds the dour Edward Murdstone, David is shipped off to the cottage \u2013 a capsized boat \u2013 of his housekeeper&#8217;s family. These peculiar accommodations are the first of David&#8217;s temporary abodes, including an oppressive boarding school and the home of his eccentric aunt Betsey Trotwood (Swinton). Whether living in poverty or comfort, David writes pithy impressions of all he encounters \u2013 impressions that will one day constitute his autobiography.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: small;\">With refreshing casting and visual surprises \u2013 walls literally fall away to make room for flashbacks \u2013 Iannucci and Blackwell transpose their source material into a decidedly 21st-century cinematic context.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starring Oscar nominee Dev Patel with an exceptional supporting cast, including Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, and Ben Wishaw, this is a gloriously entertaining careening through 19th-century England, tracking its hero&#8217;s zigzag destiny. Born six months after the death of his father, David (Patel) is lucky to be raised by a loving mother. But when Mum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","country":[52,50],"duration":[121],"rating":[74],"program":[],"class_list":["post-2528","films","type-films","status-publish","hentry","country-uk","country-usa","duration-1h-56m","rating-r18"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/films\/2528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/films"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/films"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=2528"},{"taxonomy":"duration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/duration?post=2528"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=2528"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=2528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}