With the well-told flavor of a made-for-English TV drama, this interesting story, loosely based on a real set of events, chronicles an ailing older woman in pre-World War II England (played by Carey Mulligan) who hires a local non-academic excavator (Ralph Fiennes) to explore ancient mounds on her property.
Looking like an aging Indiana Jones, the somewhat curmudgeonly but talented excavator finds a Dark Age ship buried in one of the mounds. The dig, and the eventual discovery and excavation of the ship and its ancient contents, bring out competing local archeological academics and museum authorities, who fight with each other for control of the dig, the academic narrative and the loot from the burial site.
A very enjoyable story and evening's entertainment. Recommended.
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