England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.

• Fox Searchlight Pictures
• TSG Entertainment
• Nicholas Hoult
• Lily Collins
• Colm Meaney
• Derek Jacobi
• Harry Gilby
• Mimi Keene
• Anthony Boyle
• Adam Bregman