“A Tale of Two Cities”, is a new 3-part drama adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, directed by Richard Clark, starring Kit Harington, François Civil and Mirren Mack, streaming September 6, 2026 on MGM+:
"...in London, 1782, tensions run high in the war between France and Britain.
“A young woman, ‘Lucie Manette’, (Mack) has her life upended when she receives a message from Paris – her father, assumed dead for almost 20 years, may still be alive.
'The messenger, idealistic French emigré, 'Charles Darnay' (Civil) is arrested and charged with treason.
“Lucie enlists the help of a brilliant but erratic young lawyer, ‘Sydney Carton’ (Harington),…
“…to free Darnay in the hope he will lead her to Paris to to track down her father…”
