Cinematography:
Ivan StrasburgComposer:
Adrian JohnstonCast:
Ciarán Hinds, Jodhi May, James Purefoy, Jean Marsh, David Bradley, Alex Kelly, Juliet Aubrey, Polly Walker, Henry Goodman, Karl Johnson, Clive Russell (more)Plots(1)
Travelling the dirt roads of Wessex in search of work, Michael Henchard (Ciaran Hinds) a farm worker, auctions his wife Susan (Juliet Aubrey) and baby daughter in a moment of drunken madness at a country fair. Years later, Susan and her daughter Elizabeth-Jane (Jodhi May) return, seeking Michael in Casterbridge where he has become a rich and respected member of Wessex society. Driven by the need to make amends, he re-marries Susan but in a tragic twist of fate, she dies, but not before leaving a letter containing a shocking revelation. As a romance blossoms between Elizabeth-Jane and the mayor’s charismatic business manager Farfrae (James Purefoy), Henchard becomes convinced that the young man is determined to destroy him and orders Elizabeth-Jane never to see him again, setting a chain of events in motion that will change their lives forever. (Via Vision Entertainment)
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