Disclaimer (TV series)
Disclaimer is a 2024 psychological erotic thriller miniseries created, written, and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Renée Knight. It stars Cate Blanchett and Leila George as documentarian Catherine Ravenscroft, and Kevin Kline as an elderly widower who forces Ravenscroft to confront her past. The supporting cast includes Sacha Baron Cohen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Louis Partridge and Lesley Manville, with Indira Varma as narrator.
Disclaimer made its debut at the 81st Venice International Film Festival before premiering on Apple TV+ on October 11, 2024, with its first two episodes. It received generally positive reviews from critics. Both Kline and Blanchett garnered nominations at the Golden Globes, SAG, Critics Choice, and Satellite Awards; Blanchett would later receive an Emmy nomination.
Premise
Catherine Ravenscroft, a famed documentary journalist, discovers she is a prominent character in a novel that purports to reveal a secret she has tried to keep hidden.Style
The story is revealed in a non-linear fashion with scenes alternating between a holiday in Italy and back home in London twenty years later. The series also uses the technique of unreliable narrator in that the events in Italy are told twice: first from Nancy's speculative point of view and later from Catherine's first person experience.Cast
Main
- Cate Blanchett and Leila George as Catherine Ravenscroft, an award-winning journalist and documentarian. Blanchett portrays an older Catherine, while George portrays the character during a holiday in Italy twenty years prior.
- Kevin Kline as Stephen Brigstocke, a retired private school teacher who harbors a grudge against Catherine.
- Sacha Baron Cohen as Robert Ravenscroft, Catherine's British husband who runs a corrupt non-profit company.
- * Adam El Hagar as young Robert
- Lesley Manville as Nancy Brigstocke, Stephen's late wife.
- Louis Partridge as Jonathan Brigstocke, Stephen and Nancy's deceased son who met Catherine in Italy twenty years prior.
- Indira Varma as Narrator
- Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nicholas Ravenscroft, Catherine and Robert's aimless, drug-addled son.
- * Twins Bertie and George Haarer as child Nicholas
Guest
- Art Malik as Justin, Stephen's publisher and former colleague
- Liv Hill as Sasha, Jonathan's girlfriend
- Christiane Amanpour as herself
- HoYeon Jung 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, a detective sent to Italy to help Stephen and Nancy after Jonathan's death
Production
In December 2021, it was announced that Alfonso Cuarón was writing and directing a series for Apple TV+, with Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline starring and Emmanuel Lubezki and Bruno Delbonnel serving as cinematographers. In February 2022, Kodi Smit-McPhee joined the cast while Sacha Baron Cohen entered negotiations for a role. Cohen was confirmed the following month, with HoYeon Jung also added to the cast. Louis Partridge joined the cast in May, and Lesley Manville joined the next month. Leila George was added to the cast in October.Filming for the series had begun by June 2022 in Archway, London; Tuscany, Venice, and finished production in February 2023.