ShootinghaswrappedonFannyLyeDeliver’d,aperioddramastarringMaxinePeake(TheTheoryofEverything),CharlesDance(GameofThrones)andFreddieFox(TheRiotClub).ThecastalsoincludesTanyaReynoldsinherfirstfeaturefilmroleandPeterMcDonald(TheStag).ShotovertenweeksonlocationinShropshire,England,thefilmiswrittenanddirectedbyThomasClayandproducedbyZoranaPiggott(CoupleInAHole),RobCannan(TheLoversandtheDespot)andPhilippeBober.ThelateJosephLang,Clay’slong-timeproducer,receivesaposthumousproducingcredit.Setin1657onanisolatedfarminShropshire,thestoryfollowsFannyLye(Peake)asshelearnstotranscendheroppressivemarriageanddiscoversanewworldofpossibility.LivingalifeofpuritanstricturewithhusbandJohnLye(Dance)andyoungsonArthur,FannyLye’sworldisshakenbytheunexpectedarrivaloftwostrangersinneed-ayoungcouple(Fox,Reynolds)closelypursuedbyaruthlesssheriff(McDonald)andhisdeputy.FannyLyeDeliver’disauniqueandcompellinghistoricaldrama,closerinspirittoawestern,oramodernthriller,thanatraditionalEnglishperiodpiece,saidproducerPiggott.Firstandforemostitisagrippingstory,asimple,excitingnarrativebroughttolifewithincrediblypowerfulandcompellingperformancesandThomas’uniquevision.ItmarksClay’sthirdfeaturefilm.Hisdebut,TheGreatEcstasyofRobertCarmichael,screenedatCannes’Critics’Weekin2005whilehisfollow-up,SoiCowboy,shotonlocationinThailand,premieredatCannesinUnCertainRegardin2008.APullBackCameraproductioninco-productionwithEssentialFilmproduktion(Germany),FannyLyeDeliver’disfundedbytheBFI,CreativeEnglandandtheWestMidlandsProductionFundwithsupportfromFilmstiftungNRW,MedienboardBerlinBrandenburgandZDF.CoproductionOfficeishandlingworldsales.