But we soon learn it's Savita, the film's protagonist, waking from an impossible dream - her real life, like that of many Indian women caught in the tradition of arranged marriage, is the exact opposite.
The decision to install it in the church was taken when Henry VIII was on the throne, explained the man responsible for St Augustine's bells, Tower Captain Nigel Findley."Imagine the excitement that would have caused then," he said.
As well as striking the bells every quarter hour, a carillon resembling the insides of a giant musical box, plays a tune called Angel's Song four times a day, every three hours, starting at 09:00.In 2015, one of the hammers used to strike the six bells came away and fell into the mechanism, jamming it and silencing the clock."It was like missing a friend," said church council secretary Ann Pappenheim. "It's a real part of living in the village.
"When you're working in the garden, it really does give you a sense of time and I missed it," she added. "Now it's back and it's wonderful."The clock, which was originally built a few miles away in Wantage, underwent a lengthy renovation.
A modification also saw the installation of a mechanised winding system, ending the requirement for somebody to climb the narrow, winding staircase each day to the clock room to do the job by hand.
This week, to mark the clock's birthday, people were able to visit the tower to see the mechanism in action."Lee Jae-myung's life has been full of ups and downs, and he often takes actions that stir controversy," Dr Lee Jun-han, professor of political science and international studies at Incheon National University, tells the BBC.
These actions typically include attempts at progressive reform – such as a pledge, made during his 2022 presidential campaign, to implement universal basic income scheme – which challenge the existing power structure and status quo in South Korea."Because of this, some people strongly support him, while others distrust or dislike him," Dr Lee says. "He is a highly controversial and unconventional figure – very much an outsider who has made a name for himself in a way that doesn't fit traditional Democratic Party norms."
In a recent memoir, Lee described his childhood as "miserable". Born in 1963 in a mountain village in Andong, Gyeongbuk Province, he was the fifth of five sons and two daughters, and - due to his family's difficult circumstances - skipped middle school to illegally enter the workforce.As a young factory worker, Lee suffered an industrial accident where his fingers got caught in a factory power belt, and at the age of 13 suffered a permanent injury to his arm after his wrist was crushed by a press machine.