‘Tess’, a peasant girl caught between two men
View(s):Renowned director Roman Polanski’s ‘Tess’ a romance film about a young strong-willed peasant girl who becomes the affection of two men will be screened at the Russian Centre, Colombo at 6.30 pm on October 26.
An adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s 1891 novel ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ tells the story of a strong-willed, young peasant girl who finds out she has title connections by way of her old aristocratic surname and who is raped by her wealthy cousin, whose right to the family title may not be as strong as he claims.
In the Victorian period, a rural clergyman tells John Durbeyfield, a simple farmer, that he is descended from the illustrious d’Urberville family — now extinct. Or maybe not. Durbeyfield sends his daughter Tess to check on a family named d’Uberville living in a manor house less than a day’s carriage ride away.
Alec d’Urberville is delighted to meet his beautiful “cousin” and seduces her with strawberries and roses. Actually, Alec has gotten his illustrious name and coat of arms by purchasing them. Tess also takes up the game of illusion when she finds, loses and finds again her true love Angel Claire.
The screenplay was by Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn, and Roman Polanski.
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