Albion

An English family’s history is laid bare after their patriarch’s death in this knotty drama from Hope (The White Rock). Frannie Brooke has inherited her father Philip’s thousand-acre Sussex estate. For the past decade, she has devoted herself to rewilding the land, which has been in the family since the late 18th century, to help slow climate change. She spars with her younger brother, Milo, over the land’s future, as he believes Philip, who once staged a music festival on the property, would approve of his plan to build a psychedelic-based wellness center for the ultrarich. Then their younger sister, Isa, drops the bombshell that she’s invited Clara, daughter of their father’s longtime American mistress, to the funeral, claiming that Clara might be their half sister. As the Brookes brace for Clara’s arrival, Frannie is shaken by an estimate of the steep inheritance tax. When Clara arrives and shares something unexpected about the family’s history, the Brooke siblings slip into a tailspin. Hope wrangles her large cast with aplomb as she probes issues of class and stewardship. This gratifies. Agent: Anna Stein, CAA. (June)