The Most Reluctant Convert (2021) May 2026

Norman Stone, who previously won a BAFTA for the 1985 C.S. Lewis biopic Shadowlands .

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 Most Reluctant Convert (2021)

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. Norman Stone, who previously won a BAFTA for the 1985 C

His experiences in the trenches of World War I and his tutelage under the rationalist atheist William T. Kirkpatrick (played by David Gant) solidified his initial commitment to materialism and atheism. Lewis on Stage: The Most Reluctant Convert by Max McLean

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

(2021) is a biographical drama directed by Norman Stone that traces the intellectual and spiritual journey of writer C.S. Lewis from staunch atheism to prolific Christianity. Production & Background