Tony and Olivier award-winning veteran theatre director Michael Grandage follows his 2016 feature film debut, Genius, with the delicately powerful My Policeman, which world premiered at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival and opens in select US cinemas today ahead of its global launch on Prime Video on November 5th. Based on the bestselling book by Bethan Roberts, which was inspired by…
'It's a part of my history. I was born in the mid-50s. I was born at a time when there were no LGBTQ± - we didn't even have all those letters - characters anywhere in film, television. I never heard the word 'homosexual' spoken aloud until I was in college. It was the worst thing that somebody could be.
'And here I'm at a film festival in Toronto with a movie that I've written, and it's a love story - a profound love story - between two men. 【voice breaks] And it moves me, almost to tears, as you can see...
'The message is: Love is a radical political act. Don't be afraid to love.'
Ron Nyswaner, screenwriter for My Policeman, TIFF 2022, 9.11.22
“I can speak from my experience, I felt very lucky to get to work with David and Emma. I think when you have the opportunity to work with people that you just feel good being around, they’re both wonderful people to be around. All of that kind of benefits from just a real connection with the people you work with which I feel very lucky to have in this project.”
-Harry on working with Emma and David. (11 September 2022)