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Belfast trio reunite for A Haunting in Venice

Belfast stars Jamie Dornan and Jude Hill and director Kenneth Branagh have reunited for Branagh's new Hercule Poirot film, A Haunting in Venice.

Branagh's latest is "an unsettling supernatural thriller based upon the novel Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie".

In interviews conducted on the set before the actors' strike, youngster Hill said: "The marvellous thing about Kenneth Branagh is he never really 'directs' you - he sort of just guides you in the way and he leaves you to do the rest."

A Haunting in Venice is in cinemas from Friday 15 September

"It's been a lovely thing working with Jude again and watching him grow as a boy and as an actor," said Dornan of his on-screen son in both A Haunting in Venice and the Oscar-winning Belfast.

A Haunting in Venice is Branagh's third Poirot outing as director and star, following 2022's Death on the Nile and 2017's Murder on the Orient Express.

"Orient Express dealt with revenge. Death on the Nile dealt with greed," he said. "This film is about whether there is anything beyond us - a ghost, a god. Whether Poirot believes in it, it involves him, and us, being scared."

Director Kenneth Branagh and cinematographer Haris Zambarloukos (centre) on the set of A Haunting in Venice

"This film will bring audiences right to the edges of their seat," added Branagh. "Expect the unexpected."

A Haunting in Venice is in cinemas from Friday 15 September.

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