Dir: Mona Fastveld | UK, USA | 2025 | 135 mins

Cast | Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Stacy Martin, Tim Blake Nelson

 

Powered by a transformative, Golden Globe-nominated performance from Amanda Seyfried (The Housemaid, Mamma Mia), award-winning writer-director Mona Fastvold’s (The World to Come, The Brutalist) exhilarating epic tells the story of radical preacher Ann Lee, founder of the Shaker movement.

In 18th-century England and America, visionary leader Ann Lee (Seyfried) rises from obscurity. Haunted by tragedy but driven by her beliefs in gender and social equality and ecstatic devotion, she gathers followers who come to see her as the female embodiment of Christ.

The Testament of Ann Lee captures all the agony and ecstasy of her quest to build a utopia, featuring more than a dozen traditional Shaker hymns reimagined as rapturous movements with choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall (Vox Lux) and original songs and score by Oscar-winning composer Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist).

 

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION FOR THIS FILM:

WATCHWORD - a discreet closed-captioning system, ensuring that only those wearing supplied smart glasses can see the captions. These glasses can be worn over prescription glasses and around cochlear implants. Users can alter the size, colour, brightness, position and focus to their personal preference.

AUDIO DESCRIPTION - a recorded narration describes visual elements of the film - in gaps in the dialogue - through personal headphones. The film soundtrack is broadcast to cinema speakers in the usual way. The volume of each ear can be altered independently by the user. 

HARD OF HEARING - using our wireless headphones, the film soundtrack is broadcast direct to the user who can control the volume of each ear independently. This is also perfect for anyone sensitive to loud noises.

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