Alicia Vikander poses for portrait photographs for the film 'Firebrand' at the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 22, 2023. The new film “Firebrand,” which premiered over the weekend at the Cannes Film Festival, takes a different approach to a much-dramatized chapter of 16th century British history. The film, directed by the Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz, stars Alicia Vikander as Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry and the only one to outlive him. “Catherine Parr, out of all of the six wives I probably knew the least of,” Vikander said in an interview on a Cannes hotel terrace. The film follows Parr as she negotiates a coarse, abusive husband while trying to have some role in shaping national affairs.

Source: The Nation May 24, 2023 23:16 UTC