Title |
Ammonite. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2021]. |
Physical description |
1 DVD-video (112 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
General note |
Catalogued from container. |
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : DK9829. |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2020. |
The film is loosely based on the life of the British palaeontologist Mary Anning, and focuses on the speculative romantic relationship between Anning and Charlotte Murchison. |
Credits note |
Written and directed by Francis Lee. |
Performer note |
Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan. |
Summary |
In the 1840s, acclaimed self-taught palaeontologist Mary Anning works alone on the wild English coastline. She hunts for common fossils to sell to rich tourists to support herself. When one such tourist arrives in Lyme, he entrusts Mary with the care of his young wife Charlotte, who is recuperating from a personal tragedy. Despite their differences, it is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably. |
Subject |
Anning, Mary, -- 1799-1847 -- Drama |
Murchison, Charlotte, -- 1788-1869 -- Drama |
Women paleontologists -- Drama |
Paleontology -- Drama |
Tourists -- Drama |
Lesbians -- Drama |
Feature films -- Great Britain |
Motion pictures, British |
Romance films |
Lesbian films |
Biographical films |
Historical films |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Drama |
Additional author |
Lee, Francis, 1968 or 1969- director, screenwriter. |
Winslet, Kate actor. |
Ronan, Saoirse, 1994- actor. |
Added title |
Ammonite (Motion picture : 2020) |