Directed by:
Haifaa Al MansourScreenplay:
Emma JensenCinematography:
David UngaroComposer:
Amelia WarnerCast:
Elle Fanning, Maisie Williams, Ben Hardy, Douglas Booth, Stephen Dillane, Bel Powley, Joanne Froggatt, Tom Sturridge, Hugh O'Conor, Jack Hickey, Andy McKell (more)Plots(1)
Mary Shelley is story of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin - author of one of the world’s most famous Gothic novels Frankenstein - and her fiery, tempestuous relationship with renowned romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The pair are two outsiders constrained by polite society but bound together by a natural chemistry and progressive ideas that are beyond the boundaries of their age and time. Mary and Percy declare their love for each other and much to her family’s horror they run away together, joined by Mary’s half-sister Claire. In the midst of growing tension within their relationship during their stay at Lord Byron's house at Lake Geneva, the idea of Frankenstein is conceived when a challenge is put to all house-guests to write a ghost story. An incredible character is created, which will loom large in popular culture for centuries to come, but society at the time puts little value in female authors. At the tender age of 18, Mary is forced to challenge these preconceptions, to protect her work and to forge her own identity. (IFC Films)
(more)Cast
Elle Fanning
USA
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Lost Room (2006) (series)
Trumbo (2015)
Maisie Williams
UK
Best movies:
Then Came You (2018)
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Mary Shelley (2017)
Ben Hardy
UK
Best movies:
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Douglas Booth
UK
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Stephen Dillane
UK
Best movies:
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The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
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Bel Powley
UK
Best movies:
The King of Staten Island (2020)
Carrie Pilby (2016)
Mary Shelley (2017)
Joanne Froggatt
UK
Best movies:
Still Life (2013)
A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)
Starfish (2016)
Tom Sturridge
UK
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
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Hugh O'Conor
Ireland
Best movies:
My Left Foot (1989)
The Fall (2013) (series)
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Jack Hickey
Best movies:
Mary Shelley (2017)
Sea Fever (2019)
Andy McKell
UK
Best movies:
Mary Shelley (2017)
Clownwise (2013)
Air Force One is Down (2013) (TV movie)
Ondra Dorian
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Želary (2003)
Les Misérables (2012)
Mary Shelley (2017)
Ciara Charteris
South Africa
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Mary Shelley (2017)
Mum's List (2016)
Gilbert Johnston
Best movies:
Hannah Arendt (2012)
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Mary Shelley (2017)
Sarah Lamesch
Best movies:
House of Boys (2009)
Phantom Thread (2017)
Murer - Anatomy of a Trial (2018)