Ahead of its release this coming Monday, a poster and trailer have arrived online for the British psychological thriller On the Line.
Written and directed by Oliver Pearn, the film is set in 1964 and centres on Agnes (Victoria Lucie), a switchboard operator who receives a panicked call from an elderly woman suffering from dementia (Harriet Walter) who claims to have been kidnapped, and attempts to assist the police in tracking down the perpetrator. Watch the trailer below…
“It’s 1964 and 24-year-old switchboard operator Agnes (Victoria Lucie – The Devil’s Machine) passes time listening to phone conversations as she connects peoples’ calls in the Channel Islands. However, things take an unexpected turn when she receives a panicked call from Shirley (Harriet Walter), an old woman suffering from dementia who suggests that she’s been kidnapped. Alerting the police and collecting information from various callers, it doesn’t take Agnes long to deduce who the kidnapper is. As she assists the police in tracking him, things become more and more complex.
On the Line is set for release on January 22nd.
