Sunday 3 June 2012

Tess (1979)

Tess (1979)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080009/
Drama, Romance
Roman Polanski
Tom Chadbon, Lesley Dunlop, John Bett, John Collin, Tony Church, Nastassja Kinski, Brigid Erin Bates, Jeanne Biras, Peter Firth, Rosemary Martin, Geraldine Arzul, Stephanie Treille, Elodie Warnod, Ben Reeks, Leigh Lawson
12 December 1980 (USA)
A rural clergyman in 19th century England tells 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 too takes up the game of illusion when she finds, loses and finds again her true love Angel.

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