L to R: Co-writer/actor Nell Mortimer ... Carey Mulligan as Nell Mortimer and Tom Basden as Herb McGwyer. Alistair Heap/Focus Features Naturally, this detail was kept hidden from the sour ...

For producer, actor, writer and composer Tom Basden, the British comedy film The Ballad of Wallis Island leans into the complexities of relationships rather than high-risk action scenes or life ...