Andrea Arnold ('Red Road', 'Fish Tank') directs this gritty, pared-down version of Emily Brontë's classic Gothic novel. Heathcliff
(Solomon Glave/James Howson), a runaway slave boy, is brought back to the Earnshaws' isolated, wind-blown moorland farm from
the streets of Liverpool. Brought up together in this unforgiving landscape, Heathcliff and his adoptive sister, Cathy (Shannon
Beer/Kaya Scoledario), become attached to one another on a primitive and instinctual level that transcends the bond of sibling
or lover. When Cathy is reluctantly married off to insipid local landowner Edgar Linton (James Northcote), Heathcliff is cruelly
abused and later thrown out by his brutish adoptive brother, Hindley (Lee Shaw). He eventually returns rich, embittered and
still craving his beloved Cathy.
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Starring:
Kaya Scodelario, Nichola
Burley, James Howson, Oliver
Milburn, Amy Wren, James
Northcote, Steve Evets, Paul
Hilton, Simone Jackson, Jonny
Powell, Paul Murphy, Lee
Shaw, Solomon Glave, Shannon
Beer,
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Director:
Andrea Arnold,
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Genre:
Drama,
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Cinema Release Date:
30 Sep 2011
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Rental Release Date:
23 Mar 2012