Jude (1996)

Directed by

Michael Winterbottom

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 146 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor stonemason named Jude Fawley dreams of becoming a scholar but is held back by his class and circumstances. He falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead and they struggle against society's rigid rules.

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What happens

Jude is a 1996 British period drama film directed by Michael Winterbottom, and written by Hossein Amini, based on Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel Jude the Obscure. The original music score was composed by Adrian Johnston. The film was shot in late 1995 in Edinburgh and locations in County Durham including Durham Cathedral, Durham City, Ushaw College, Blanchland village and Beamish museum. In a 2011 interview for theartsdesk, lead actor Christopher Eccleston commented on the film: "Of all the films I've done, Jude is the one that I'd stand by, the one I'd like people to come back to. The rest is much of a muchness." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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