![]() ![]() The quiet pipe-smoking Brown, with his Suffolk accent, goes about his work with devotion and diligence, and when representatives from London’s British Museum arrive determined to take over the precious find, he along with Pretty stand up to the team’s bullying. ![]() The film follows a pair’s obsession with unknown treasures buried underground, recreating the famous Sutton Hoo excavation of 1939. Mulligan’s recently widowed Edith Pretty and Fiennes’ Basil Brown, an expert “excavator,” focus their undivided attention on the many mounds on her vast property in a bid to find something worthwhile. With delightful performances by Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes giving it a touch of old world feel, the film follows a pair’s obsession with unknown treasures buried underground, recreating the famous Sutton Hoo excavation of 1939.īased on a novel written in 2007 by John Preston (whose aunt Margaret Piggott was involved in the excavation), the story unfolds as war with Nazi Germany looms. CHENNAI: The true story of an immense archaeological find in Suffolk, England, is explored through a charming narrative in Australian director Simon Stone’s “The Dig,” now streaming on Netflix.
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