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Disclaimer

TV-MA
English, Italian
October 11, 2024
45min-55min
Season: 1
Episodes: 7
Status: released

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Series Details:

Also known asAugustus
Based onDisclaimer by Renée Knight
Country United States, Australia, Mexico
Language English, Italian
GenrePsychological, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Season1
Episodes7
Release dateOctober 11, 2024 – November 8, 2024
Running time45min-55min
Age ratingTV-MA
StarringCate Blanchett
Kevin Kline
Sacha Baron Cohen
Lesley Manville
Louis Partridge
Leila George
Indira Varma
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Written byAlfonso Cuarón
Executive producersAlfonso Cuarón
Cate Blanchett
Gabriela Rodríguez
David Levine
Steve Golin
Emmanuel Lubezki
Donald Sabourin
Carlos Morales
Cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki
Bruno Delbonnel
Edited by Alfonso Cuarón
Adam Gough
Music byFinneas O’Connell
Production locationsItaly, London, South Africa, Mexico, Australia
Production CompanyEsperanto Filmoj
Anonymous Content
Apple Studios
Original NetworkApple TV+

Cast & Character:

Main

  • Cate Blanchett as Catherine Ravenscroft, an award-winning journalist and documentarian.
  • Leila George as young Catherine Ravenscroft
  • Kevin Kline as Stephen Brigstocke, a retired private school teacher who harbors a grudge against Catherine.
  • Sacha Baron Cohen as Robert Ravenscroft, Catherine’s husband, who runs a corrupt non-profit.
  • Adam El Hagar as young Robert Ravenscroft
  • Lesley Manville as Nancy Brigstocke, Stephen’s late wife.
  • Louis Partridge as Jonathan Brigstocke, Stephen and Nancy’s deceased son.
  • Indira Varma as the Narrator
  • Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nicholas Ravenscroft, Catherine and Robert’s aimless, drug-addled son.

Guest

  • Art Malik as Justin, Stephen’s publisher and former colleague
  • Liv Hill as Sasha, Jonathan’s girlfriend
  • Christiane Amanpour as herself
  • HoYeon as Jisoo Kim, Catherine’s assistant
  • Michael Spicer as Simon, Catherine’s colleague
  • Gemma Jones as Helen, Catherine’s mother who suffers from dementia
  • Youssef Kerkour as Richard Perkins

Storyline:

Blanchett plays Catherine Ravenscroft, a successful and respected television documentary journalist whose work has been built on revealing the concealed transgressions of long-respected institutions. When an intriguing novel written by a widower, played by Kline, appears on her bedside table, she is horrified to realize she is a key character in a story that she had hoped was long buried in the past, that reveals her darkest secret that she thought was hers alone.

About Series:

Disclaimer (stylized as Disclaimer*) is a psychological thriller miniseries written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Renée Knight. It stars Cate Blanchett as a journalist and documentarian. The supporting cast includes Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Louis Partridge, and Lesley Manville.

It was announced in December 2021. Filming for the series had begun by June 2022 in Archway, London; Mexico; and Sydney and finished production in February 2023. Some additional pickup scenes were filmed in South Africa in March and April 2023.

Disclaimer was screened at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on August 29, 2024, was screened at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, in the Primetime program, and it was screened at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival on October 10, as a special event.

It premiered on October 11, 2024, on Apple TV+, with the first two episodes available immediately and then two on October 18, 2024, then one a week, until November 8, 2024.

Episodes:

EpisodeTitleRelease dateRunning titlePlot
1IOctober 11, 202445minTo my son, Jonathan.
2IIOctober 11, 202446monDo you ever think of me?
3IIIOctober 18, 202448minDestiny doesn’t ask permission.
4IVOctober 18, 202451minI wanted him to die.
5VOctober 25, 202455minI had to tell the world the truth.
6VINovember 1, 202443minOnly death is irrevocable.
7VIINovember 8, 202456minIt’s time for my voice to be heard.

Where to Watch Disclaimer (Stream)

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