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Rating: The Dig turns out to be a gentle, gorgeous-looking film that provides a near-perfect balm for these difficult times. Starring the delicious combination of Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan, it tells the story of the famous archaeological dig that took place at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk just before the Second World War, although perhaps not in a way that can be taken as hard historical fact.  That’s because Moira Buffini’s screenplay is based on John Preston’s 2007 novel rather than an authoritative work of non-fiction. History, in other words, has been given a bit of a helping han...

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BBC News By Neil Smith image captionOutstanding in their field: Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes in The Dig Excavate! Excavate! Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan explain why they chose to exhume the past in The Dig, a drama about the discovery of remarkable historical artefacts in Suffolk in the 1930s. Like daredevil adventurer Indiana Jones, the archaeologist portrayed by Ralph Fiennes in his new film wears a hat, digs up relics and sometimes finds himself in life-imperilling situations. That's where the similarities end, however. For one thing, the man Fiennes plays - humble amateur archaeol...

Rating: A little like the remarkable event it dramatises — the unearthing of the famous Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk — The Dig yields treasure after treasure. The acting glitters brightest, but Simon Stone's direction, Moira Buffini's screenplay and Mike Eley's cinematography are just as cherishable. It's a film of enormous, completely enveloping charm. Moreover, it is especially welcome at a time when the rules of period drama, doubtless influenced by the success of The Favourite (2018), are being redrafted. On TV, hits such as Bridgerton and The Great rely heavily ...

news Fiennes and Mulligan re-make history in The Dig © Larry Horricks/Netflix Outstanding in their field: Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes in The Dig Excavate! Excavate! Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan explain why they chose to exhume the past in The Dig, a drama about the discovery of remarkable historical artefacts in Suffolk in the 1930s. Like daredevil adventurer Indiana Jones, the archaeologist portrayed by Ralph Fiennes in his new film wears a hat, digs up relics and sometimes finds himself in life-imperilling situations. That's where the similarities end, however. For one thing, th...