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Benedict Cumberbatch Ponders Grief and Humour in New Film

2025-10-11 999 Dailymotion

Benedict Cumberbatch was in London to promote his new indie film ‘The Thing With Feathers’ at the UK Premiere during the BFI London Film Festival Gala.

An adaptation of the novel ‘Grief is The Thing With Feathers’, Benedict explained why there’s a surprising amount of comedic moments in a story of a grieving widowed father. Benedict was joined at the event by the author Max Porter, and the writer director Dylan Southern.

‘The Thing With Feathers’ is scheduled to launch in UK and Irish cinemas on Friday 21st November. Report by Burtonj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn