directed by: Juan Carlos Medina, year: 2016
actors: Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke

Set in 1880s Limehouse, Inspector John Kildare investigates a brutal string of murders that echo the popular songs and tales of the era. Elizabeth Cree, his enigmatic wife, becomes the focus of rumors as the killer’s crimes unfold in a fogbound, gaslit London. With a city hungry for scandal, the case spirals through theater, memory and motive, until a chilling confession reveals how truth and performance can become indistinguishable.

Victorian Gothic, Mystery Thriller, Crime Drama, Period Piece, Victorian London