In “Wicked Little Letters,” a 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal. The film opens April 5 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
Also showing through April 7 is a special Marlon Brando tribute, Brando on Film: A 100th Anniversary Celebration.
Based on a stranger than fiction true story, “Wicked Little Letters” follows two neighbors — deeply conservative local Edith Swan (played by Olivia Colman), and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women — led by police officer Gladys Moss — begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss and Rose may not be the culprit after all.
“Wicked Little Letters” is rated R and is showing through April 18.
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