Tess (1979)
Directed by Roman Polański
Genres - Drama, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Melodrama, Period Film, Romantic Drama |
Release Date - Dec 12, 1979 (USA) |
Run Time - 175 min. |
Countries - France, United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
In Roman Polanski's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Nastassja Kinski plays Tess, a poor British peasant girl sent to live with her distant and wealthy relatives, the D'Urbervilles. Though Tess' father had hoped that the girl would be permitted a portion of the D'Urberville riches, he is in for a major disappointment: Tess' new housemates are not D'Urbervilles at all, but a social-climbing family that has bought the name. Tess won three Oscars, including a "Best Cinematography" statuette for the late Geoffrey Unsworth and his successor Ghislain Cloquet. The film also served to catapult Nastassja Kinski to stardom.
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Keywords
English [nationality], girl, peasant, faith, relative, Victorian, aristocracy, upward-mobility
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High Artistic Quality