GB / US
2021
1hr 13mins
Dir: Norman Stone
Starring: Max McLean and Amy Alexander
A film about the life and conversion of British writer C. S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia series
The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis is an Anglo-American biographical drama film based on the 2016 stage play, C.S. Lewis on Stage: The Most Reluctant Convert, by Max McLean, which itself was based on Lewis’ memoir Surprised by Joy (do keep up!) The film has scenes shot at the Didcot Railway Centre, with sequences using the transfer shed and Oxford Road platform, as well as the entrance platform of ‘Eynsham’.