The film stars a Golden Globe winner.
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 26 February) is Ema, the 2019 thriller drama from acclaimed director Pablo Larraín (El Conde, Jackie, Spencer).
The film centres around the title character (played by Mariana Di Girolamo in a star-making turn), a young reggaeton dancer in Chile who divorces Gaston (Golden Globe winner Gael García Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle) – the director of her dance company.
The pair had adopted a young boy but wound up returning him to the orphanage after a disturbing incident, something that has made them villains in their community.
Following these events, the impulsive Ema “sets out on a mission to get the child back, not caring who she’ll need to fight, seduce or destroy to make it happen.”
Featuring dazzling dance sequences, a great soundtrack, mesmerising performances from Bernal and Di Girolamo, fascinating themes, and a plot that constantly surprises viewers – this Chilean movie is well-worth seeking out.
If you’d like to watch it, the film is airing on TV tonight/tomorrow morning on Channel 4 at 1am.
It is also streaming on Mubi and should be available to check out on Channel 4 after it airs.
Here are the other movies on TV tonight:
Morbius – Film4 – 9pm
Jared Leto stars in this quite bad superhero film.
Officer Down – Legend – 9pm
Stephen Dorff is a crooked cop seeking redemption in this little-seen 2013 crime thriller.
Rogue – Legend – 11pm
Megan Fox stars in this 2020 action thriller as a battle-hardened mercenary who leads a team of soldiers on a daring mission to rescue hostages in remote Africa that ends up going very awry.
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Olympus Has Fallen – ITV4 – 10.25pm
Gerard Butler must save the US President when terrorists invade the White House in this solid action flick.
Parallel – Sky Sci-Fi – 11pm
This 2018 Canadian sci-fi thriller about multiverses has an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score.
The Butterfly Room – Legend Xtra – 11pm
Cult horror legend Barbara Steele stars in this 2012 chiller.
The Godfather – Film4 – 11.05pm
Al Pacino and Marlon Brando star in this ’70s crime epic that is one of the greatest films ever made.
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