Creation (2009)

Directed by

Jon Amiel

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 247 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Charles Darwin as he works on his theory of evolution. It shows his relationship with his wife Emma and the grief they share over the death of their daughter Annie.

introspectivepoignanttendersomberbittersweetintimatereflectivemelancholic

What happens

Creation is a 2009 British biographical drama film about Charles Darwin's relationship with his wife Emma and his memory of their eldest daughter Annie, as he struggles to write On the Origin of Species. The film, directed by Jon Amiel and starring real life couple Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly as Charles and Emma Darwin, is a somewhat fictionalised account based on Randal Keynes's Darwin biography Annie's Box. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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