Deborah Ross

Remarkably moving: The Dig reviewed

This film about the Sutton Hoo discoveries is thrilling

The sublime Carey Mulligan as Edith Pretty and Ralph Fiennes as Basil Brown in The Dig. Image: Larry Horricks / Netflix © 2021

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