Swept from the Sea (1997)

Directed by

Beeban Kidron

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 77 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Ukrainian peasant washes ashore in Cornwall after his ship sinks. A simple country girl falls in love with him despite the suspicion of the local townspeople.

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What happens

Swept from the Sea (known as Amy Foster in the UK) is a 1997 drama film directed by Beeban Kidron and starring Vincent Perez, Rachel Weisz, and Ian McKellen. Based on the 1901 short story "Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad, the film is about a doomed love affair between a simple country girl and a Ukrainian peasant who is swept onto the Cornish shore in 1888 after his emigrant ship sinks on its way to America. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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