Convert (2021): The Most Reluctant

Shot extensively in and around Oxford, England , including sites Lewis famously frequented. Plot & Themes

The turning point occurs at Oxford University, where he meets influential colleagues like J.R.R. Tolkien (played by Tom Glenister) and Hugo Dyson (played by David Shields). They challenge his unbelief through logical, literary, and mythological arguments. The Most Reluctant Convert (2021)

It begins with his "bitter childhood," marked by the traumatic loss of his mother to cancer and a strained relationship with his father. Shot extensively in and around Oxford, England ,

Norman Stone, who previously won a BAFTA for the 1985 C.S. Lewis biopic Shadowlands . They challenge his unbelief through logical, literary, and

The film is an adaptation of the 2016 one-man stage play C.S. Lewis on Stage: The Most Reluctant Convert by Max McLean. It draws heavily from Lewis’s own 1955 memoir, .

The story spans nearly three decades of Lewis's life, focusing on the events and intellectual challenges that shaped his worldview.