Mary Shelley
Synopsis
Passionate and rebellious teenager Mary Wollstonecroft finds a kindred spirit in poet Percy Shelley. They are 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 elope together, joined by Mary's half sister Claire. 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 by Mary, but society at the time puts little value in a woman writing such a literary masterpiece, and Mary is forced to challenge the society to protect her monster and forge her own identity.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2017 - Gala Presentations - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 120 mins
- Director
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Haifaa Al-Mansour
- Producer
- Amy Baer, Ruth Coady, Alan Moloney
- Co-Producer
- Orlagh Collins, David Grumbach
- Executive Producer
- Mark Amin, Tyler Boehm, Joannie Burstein, Johanna Hogan, Phil Hunt, Emma Jensen, Rebecca Miller, Compton Ross, Cami Winikoff
- Editor
- Alex Mackie
- Screenwriter
- Haifaa Al-Mansour, Emma Jensen, Conor McPherson
- Director of Photography
- David Ungaro
- Production Designer
- Paki Smith
- Principal cast
- Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth, Tom Sturridge, Bel Powley, Stephen Dillane, Maisie Williams, Ben Hardy, Joanne Froggatt
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Ireland, UK, Luxembourg, US coproduction
Gidden Media (US), Parallel Films (UK), HanWay Films (UK), Juliette Films (LU), Sobini Films (US)
Parallel Films
107-109 Great Portland StreetLondon
W1W 6QG
HanWay Films
24 Hanway StreetLondon
W1T 1UH
Sales Company
HanWay Films
24 Hanway StreetLondon
W1T 1UH
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