While a story of opponents on the farthest ends of the political spectrum coming together to find agreement seems like a pipe dream in today’s world, it did happen — at least once. The first trailer has arrived for The Journey, the latest drama from director Nick Hamm. Starring Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney, the film tells the fictional account of two political adversaries who are forced to take a small road trip together, leading to changes of hearts and the shifting of history’s course.
Penned by Colin Bateman and lensed by Greg Gardiner, The Journey looks to be a dramatic portrait of allegiances and differences with a lush color palette and mise en scené. See the trailer below, along with a synopsis, for the film that also stars John Hurt, Ian McElhinney, and Freddie Highmore.
The Journey is the gripping account of how two men from opposite sides of the political spectrum came together to change the course of history. In 2006, amidst the ongoing, decades-long conflict in Northern Ireland, representatives from the two warring factions meet for negotiations. In one corner is Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall), the deeply conservative British loyalist; in the other is Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney), a former Irish Republican Army leader who has devoted his life to the cause of Irish reunification. Opposites in every way, the two men at first seem to have little chance of ever finding common ground. But over the course of an impromptu, detour-filled car ride through the Scottish countryside, each begins to see the other less as an enemy, and more as an individual—a breakthrough that promises to at last bring peace to the troubled region. Driven by two virtuoso central performances, The Journey is a more-relevant-than-ever reminder of how simple humanity can overcome political division.
The Journey opens on June 16.