Tess

UK / France 1982, 164 minutes
Dir. Roman Polanski
Rating: [PG]
Genres: Drama

Topics: Period - 1800s, Educational Resource.

Aroview: Though beautifully shot, Thomas Hardy's classic novel gets a surprisingly mild treatment from dir. Roman Polanski. Wessex farmgirl Nastassja Kinski receives unjust treatment from the law when she is raped, so exacts her own revenge.

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3 stars (Good Enough) The most interesting aspect was the portrayal in the period of rural working class life . ~Tubbs
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4 stars (Very Good) Won 3 Oscars in 1991. Nastassja Kinski is (as usual) riveting); a quiet but very sad film, well reflective of Thos.Hardy's novel. It certainly destroys any romantic fantasies concerning the lives of young women in the 19thC Wessex countryside ~Anon