The Astonished Heart (film) The Astonished Heart (film) The Astonished Heart is a 1950 British drama film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Celia Johnson, Noël Coward, and Margaret Leighton, and is based on Coward's play "The Astonished Heart" from his cycle of ten plays, "". Inspired by the great success of the 1945 film "Brief Encounter", which also had been adapted from "Tonight at 8:30", Coward agreed to have "The Astonished Heart" produced as a motion picture. As with the previous film, Coward also wrote the screenplay. Production began in 1949 and featured not only Noël Coward in one of his rare film
Still (film) his son, but it's also a surprisingly, extremely competent film from first-time director Simon Blake." According to Indie Outlook, 'Still" was one of the festivals 6 films to look out for, suggesting that Simon Blake "draws connections between gang culture and indifferent parenting without becoming preachy, allowing provocative themes to emerge organically through the story itself." Still (film) Still is a 2014 British drama film written and directed by Simon Blake, adapted from his play "Lazarus Man". It stars Aidan Gillen as a grieving father who comes into confrontation with a youth gang in London. It premiered at the Galway