The Depression Diaries (2012) movie Review, trailer poster

First look at upcoming romantic drama film The Depression Diaries, set for release in the UK on January 13, 2012 and in the US on June 8, 2012. The film is written and directed by Dale Campbell and stars Jude Law, Emily Blunt, Anthony Hopkins, Barbara Windsor and Cate Blanchett.

Movie synopsis: In modern day England, a woman named Alice Briggs (Cate Blanchett) visits her elderly mother (Barbara Windsor) and father (Anthony Hopkins) at their home in London. The parents get to talking about how they met each other back in the 1940's and the diary her mother kept for all those years. They then in turn look over memories and the stories that fill the diary. The tales centres around her mother as a younger lady (Emily Blunt) falling in love with a younger version of her father (Jude Law) and the constant hiding and running he did from the British army so he did not have to go to war.