Drama, based on Thomas Hardy's novel, starring Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet
A rural stonemason in 19th-century England dreams of attending university, but his ambitions are thwarted by an ill-timed affair and his obsession with his beautiful cousin.
(1996, 18)
(Colour and black and white) (Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)
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