On the Line

2023
1h 14m

IMDb RATING

4.9/10

215

YOUR RATING

BEST ONE WOMAN FILM

Stars Dame Harriet Walter DBE (Ted Lasso, Succession, StarWars), Royce Pierreson (TheWitcher, The Lazarus Project) and a power-house performance from Victoria Lucie (The Mousetrap) from Director Oliver Pearn (Rings of Power, Napoleon)

Alderney, UK. 1964. AGNES, 24 works alone as a switchboard operator. She finds herself in the midst of a crisis during a nightmare shift fighting to save the life of a nurse abducted by a distraught war-veteran.

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Alderney, UK. 1964. A telephone operator ends up being the pivotal piece of a drama unfurling which puts professional integrity, and relationships, to the test.Alderney, UK. 1964. A telephone operator ends up being the pivotal piece of a drama unfurling which puts professional integrity, and relationships, to the test.Alderney, UK. 1964. A telephone operator ends up being the pivotal piece of a drama unfurling which puts professional integrity, and relationships, to the test.

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IMDb RATING

4.9/10

215

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Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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5/10

Mediocre, low-budget, real-time, one person / one room, Brit period drama

Low-budget Brit period drama "On The Line" tries aping the real-time one person / one room style of the likes of "Locke" or "Buried", and although it falls way short of them its intent is admirable. The only person on-screen is 1960's Alderney Island switchboard operator Victoria Lucie, whose role with the technology of the time was to connect telephone callers with each other - which on this occasion puts her at the center of an ongoing abduction & possible murder. Credibility is stretched thin, but it's just about engaging enough, with twists, and wraps up early at 1hr 14mins. Though it's mediocre fare, Oliver Pearn's writer / director debut still makes him one to keep a look out for.