TESS

| 1980 (Digital restoration 2012) – 185′ –  Classic,  PERIOD & HISTORY, DRAMA, ROMANCE, FILMS & LITERATURE
Written by: Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn, Roman Polanski.
Based on the Book by: Thomas hardy.
Directed by: Roman Polanski.
Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin, Rosemary Martin, Carolyn Pickles, Suzanna Hamilton, Caroline Embling
Official Selections: Cannes International Film Festival 1979 and 2012. Toronto International Film Festival 2012. 5 Academy Awards Nominations 1981 including Best Director. Winner Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Costumes). 3 César Awards Winner 1980 (Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Director).
In English.
A The Criterion Collection release. |

In the Victorian period, a rural clergyman tells John Durbeyfield, a simple farmer, that he is descended from the illustrious d’Urberville family — now extinct. Or maybe not. Durbeyfield sends his daughter Tess to check on a family named d’Uberville living in a manor house less than a day’s carriage ride away. Alec d’Urberville is delighted to meet his beautiful “cousin” and seduces her with strawberries and roses. Actually, Alec has gotten his illustrious name and coat of arms by purchasing them. Tess also takes up the game of illusion when she finds, loses and finds again her true love Angel Claire.

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