Jude
A time without pity. A society without mercy. A love without equal.
6.3 / 10
123 minutes
1996-02-06
Latin
GB
Actors :
Kate Winslet, Christopher Eccleston, Liam Cunningham, Rachel Griffiths, June Whitfield, James Nesbitt, Paul Bown, Paul Copley, Ken Jones, Emma Turner, Caitlin Bossley, Berwick Kaler, Mark Lambert, Vernon Dobtcheff, Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Description
In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage to a farmer's daughter named Arabella. But when his wife leaves him, Jude sees an opportunity to improve himself. He moves to the city and begins an affair with his married cousin, Sue, courting tragedy every step of the way.
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Reviews
Charles Tatum
9/29/2023, 10:45:22 AM
Well over one hundred years ago, Thomas Hardy experienced critical backlash against his novel "Jude the Obscure" and never wrote another novel. This film version is also controversial, but definitely worth a look. This stars Christopher Eccleston in the title role as a stonemason who yearns for higher learning and a better life. Eccleston's portrayal of Jude is excellent in that he is no Hollywood...
CinemaSerf
11/10/2024, 1:35:38 PM
Set amidst a very much class-ridden Britain, the eponymous aspiring stone mason (Christopher Eccleston) has settled down to marriage with "Arabella" (Rachel Griffiths) but dreams of escaping his life of physical labours and entering university. That opportunity might just come his way when she leaves him and he heads to the town where his cousins "Sue" (Kate Winslet) lives. She's a bit of a firebr...