Apologia

Apologia is a 2018 British drama film directed by Phyllidia Lloyd and written by Alexi Kaye Campbell, the film is based on Campbell's 2009 play of the same name. It features an ensemble cast led by Oscar-winning American Actress Meryl Streep alongside Matthew Rhys, Reece Witherspoon, Marsha Thomason and Robbie Coltrane.

Premise
A compelling drama about the importance of family and the pressures that commitment and principles exert on it, Apologia sees Channing play Kristin Miller, a firebrand liberal matriarch of a dynamic family, who is presiding over her birthday celebrations.

An eminent art historian, Kristin’s almost evangelical dedication to her career and her political activism has resulted in her sons – Peter, a merchant banker, and Simon, a writer – harbouring deeply rooted and barely suppressed resentments towards her. The fissures in her relationship with them are brought to the fore by the recent publication of her memoir.

And as Kristin’s birthday celebrations unfold through barbed humour, Kristin’s family and friends, and ultimately Kristin herself, question their achievements and choices, and whether they were worth the sacrifices they made. In the increasingly fragmented political turmoil of today’s landscape these questions have never seemed more relevant and will strike a chord with audiences.

Cast
Kristin Miller - Meryl Streep

Trudy - Reece Witherspoon

Claire - Marsha Thomason

Hugh - Robbie Coltrane

Peter - Matthew Rhys