# Mr. Jones (2019)

> A courageous British journalist enters Stalin’s Soviet Union and risks everything to expose a famine that powerful officials want the world to ignore.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/351898

## Facts

- Runtime: 119 min
- Genres: Thriller, Drama, History
- Director: Agnieszka Holland
- Cast: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle, Kenneth Cranham, Celyn Jones, Krzysztof Pieczyński, Beata Pozniak
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6828390/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: ominous, harrowing, serious, historical film night, political drama viewing

## Synopsis

A journalist's quest for truth leads him into the heart of darkness.

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