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Tess
1979
Based on Thomas Hardy's tragic 1891 novel TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES, TESS follows the hard life of a beautiful young Wessex peasant girl, who seeks her fortune with the wealthy D'Urbervilles, whom her family believes to be distant relatives. Tess's tragic fate is sealed the moment the manipulative son of the house, Alec, .. Read more
| Starring | Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, Arielle Dombasle |
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| Director | Roman Polanski |
| Genres | Drama |
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Tess
Based on Thomas Hardy's tragic 1891 novel TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES, TESS follows the hard life of a beautiful young Wessex peasant girl, who seeks her fortune with the wealthy D'Urbervilles, whom her family believes to be distant relatives. Tess's tragic fate is sealed the moment the manipulative son of the house, Alec, seduces and impregnates her. She returns home, bears the child--who dies shortly after--and her ashamed family banishes her from their home. Tess finds work and shelter on a dairy farm, where she falls in love with Angel Clare, the pastor's son. The two are soon engaged to be married. However, the evening before the wedding, Tess tries in vain to reveal her sordid past to her beloved Angel, so they wed nevertheless. On hearing the truth he flees to Brazil, leaving Tess alone once more to find work in the fields, only to be dealt further blows to her fragile life. Ultimately, when Angel unexpectedly returns she seeks to kill Master Alec--vengeance for sparking this series of tragic events--and solemnly she faces the gallows.
With stunning evocative photography and fine acting, with a particularly sensitive and fragile performance from Kinski, this languid tragedy won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Art Direction and Costume Design, and also a BAFTA for photography.
| Starring | Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, Arielle Dombasle, Carolyn Pickles |
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| Director | Roman Polanski |
| Studio | UCA |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 44 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Hindi |
| Released | Production year: 1979 To Rent: DVD: 10 Dec 2007 |
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Having all the strengths and excesses of a middlebrow film (visual beauty, lush soundtrack, arty direction), this... read more on Time Out
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brilliant
I have loved this film for years and it's the only film I've ever gone to the cinema alone to see...it is fabulously acted and you would have to have a ... read more »
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The entrancing Tess
Thomas Hardy went to his grave infatuated with the heroine he created for the 19th century novel on which this movie is based. And quite right too. She is one ... read more »
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Classic
True to the original novel and brilliantly filmed this is worth seeing at least once.
However, also true to the novel I get very frustrated with Tess... read more » - 850576
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Classic Roman Polanski!
Beautiful cinematography that draws you into the movie as if you are actually there in the Dorset countryside witnessing the tragic circumstances that befall ... read more »
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Berri's son honours late father at Golden Globes
- WENN Newsdesk
- 16 Jan 2012
French filmmaker Thomas Langmann paid homage to his late father Claude Berri at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles on Sunday night (15Jan12), revealing the great director was too poor to attend the Oscars to accept his 1966 prize. Berri, who made classic movies like Jean De Florette and Tess - for which he received an Academy Awards nomination, had to miss out on his moment of Hollywood glory when his film Le Poulet was named the Best Short Film over four decades ago, but his son honoured him... Read more
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Tess
Based on Thomas Hardy's tragic 1891 novel TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES, TESS follows the hard life of a beautiful young Wessex peasant girl, who seeks her fortune with the wealthy D'Urbervilles, whom her family believes to be distant relatives. Tess's tragic fate is sealed the moment the manipulative ...
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