National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage

National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage (2022) is a drama, fantasy film directed by Tim Van Someren, Matthew Amos rated 10.0/10.

Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child called Lyra Belacqua, and in that child lies the fate of the future. And as the waters rise around them, powerful adversaries conspire for mastery of Dust: salvation to some, the source of infinite corruption to others.

Cast

Julie Atherton

Hyena / Stelmaria (Asriel's Dæmon) / Sister Paulina

Holly Atkins

Mrs Polstead / Sister Maria Therese / Witch

Wendy Mae Brown

Mother Superior / Professor Cluny

Pip Carter

Gerard Bonneville

Samuel Creasey

Malcolm Polstead

Ella Dacres

Alice Parslow

Ayesha Dharker

Marisa Coulter

Olivia Le Andersen

Asta (Malcolm's Dæmon)

Naomi Frederick

Dr Hanna Relf

Richard James-Neale

CCD / Drunk / Gold Monkey

John Light

Lord Asriel / George Boatwright

Dearbhla Molloy

Sister Fenella / Doris Whicher