Dunkirk) was previously announced as appearing in the Emily, which marks the writer-director debut for actress-turned-filmmaker Frances O'Connor, a two-time Golden Globe nominee for performances in The Missing and Madame Bovary. From a self-penned script, O’Connor has imagined a transformative journey to womanhood of one of the world’s most famous, enigmatic and passionate writers. "Emily Brontë’s writing is steeped in such passion, feeling, violence and fierce intelligence – that I’ve always yearned to know who she really was," said O'Connor. " Emily is about a rebel and misfit...