Werner Herzog, USA, 128 min., in English with Spanish subtitles

Nicole Kidman and director Werner Herzog bring to life the extraordinary true story of writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire, Gertrude Bell: a trailblazing woman who chafes against the stifling rigidity of life in turn-of-the-century England, leaving it behind for a chance to travel to Tehran. Stunningly shot on location in Morocco and Jordan, Queen of the Desert reveals how an ahead-of-her-time woman shaped the course of history. “An epic, visually exquisite saga that touches on cultural shifts and adventurer solitude.”