Emotional meeting among romantic writers with splendid visuals and impressive production design . In 1814, Regency-era London, Mary Wollstonecraft-Godwin (Elle Fanning) is a 16 years old aspiring writer who works in the bookshop of her prestigious father writer William Godwin (Stephen Dillane) , married in second terms after the passing of his first wife, philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft, with the too married by second time Mary Jane Clairmont (Joanne Froggatt) , where Mary Jane's daughter of her first marriage Claire (Bel Powley) becomes stepsister and good friend for Mary. When Mary and Claire travel at the house of one of William's friends in Scotland , Mary meets the 21 years old poet Percy Bysshe Shelley , rising instantly a love interest between them . Later on , at a mansion reunite various known characters as Lord Byron (Tom Sturridge) , the poet Percy Shelley , his fiancée Mary shelley , her stepsister Claire (Bel Powley) and Doctor Polidori (Ben Hardy), Byron ex-lover and secretary . The movie is situated in the time when Mary Shelley wrote her novel "Frankenstein". There happens various arguments among them and mysterious events . Meanwhile , Mary Shelley has fabled and hallucinatory nightmares . Her Greatest Love Inspired Her Darkest Creation . The Life That Inspired Frankenstein
An agreeable film concerning Mary Shelley , paced in slow-moving , nice production design and enjoyable visuals . This is a gothic and literary exploration of one of literature's greatest creations , dealing with the greatest and renowned creators . This haunting film is based on real events about famous characters as the eccentric poet Lod Byron , his secretary Doctor Polidori, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley . It elegantly captures the spirit of mystery , period piece , and romance of the time. I t concerns the deeds were inspired to write their classic Gothic novels , as Mary Shelley created ¨Frankestein¨ and Doctor Polidori wrote ¨The vampire¨ .Gorgeous cinematography from David Ungaro , filmed on location in Château de Colpach-Bas, Luxembourg, Mount Street Crescent, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland , Château de La Grange, Manom, Moselle, France . Stunning score with a sensitive leitmotif by Alejandro Masso , adding classical music . The picture was beautifully directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour who gives special treatment this interesting flick.
This story about Mary Shelley , Percy Bysshe , Lord Byron , Polidori was formerly depicted in other films such as : the old classic ¨The bride of Frankestein¨ by James Whale in which Elsa Lanchester played Mary Shelley . Subsequently in 1986 Ken Russell directed ¨Gothic¨ with Natasha Richardson as Mary , Gabriel Byrne and Julian Sands in similar characters and full of ordinary Russell's bag of tricks . And the same tale was told two years later by Ivan Passer who directed ¨Haunted summer (1988)¨ with Eric Stolz , Alice Krige and Laura Dern . And ¨Rowing with the wind¨ (1988) by Gonzalo Suarez with Hugh Grant as Lord Byron , Lizzy McInnerny as Mary Shelley ,Valentine Pelka as Percy Bysshe Shelley , Elizabeth Hurley Elizabeth Hurley as Claire Clairmont and José Luis Gómez as Polidori .
An agreeable film concerning Mary Shelley , paced in slow-moving , nice production design and enjoyable visuals . This is a gothic and literary exploration of one of literature's greatest creations , dealing with the greatest and renowned creators . This haunting film is based on real events about famous characters as the eccentric poet Lod Byron , his secretary Doctor Polidori, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley . It elegantly captures the spirit of mystery , period piece , and romance of the time. I t concerns the deeds were inspired to write their classic Gothic novels , as Mary Shelley created ¨Frankestein¨ and Doctor Polidori wrote ¨The vampire¨ .Gorgeous cinematography from David Ungaro , filmed on location in Château de Colpach-Bas, Luxembourg, Mount Street Crescent, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland , Château de La Grange, Manom, Moselle, France . Stunning score with a sensitive leitmotif by Alejandro Masso , adding classical music . The picture was beautifully directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour who gives special treatment this interesting flick.
This story about Mary Shelley , Percy Bysshe , Lord Byron , Polidori was formerly depicted in other films such as : the old classic ¨The bride of Frankestein¨ by James Whale in which Elsa Lanchester played Mary Shelley . Subsequently in 1986 Ken Russell directed ¨Gothic¨ with Natasha Richardson as Mary , Gabriel Byrne and Julian Sands in similar characters and full of ordinary Russell's bag of tricks . And the same tale was told two years later by Ivan Passer who directed ¨Haunted summer (1988)¨ with Eric Stolz , Alice Krige and Laura Dern . And ¨Rowing with the wind¨ (1988) by Gonzalo Suarez with Hugh Grant as Lord Byron , Lizzy McInnerny as Mary Shelley ,Valentine Pelka as Percy Bysshe Shelley , Elizabeth Hurley Elizabeth Hurley as Claire Clairmont and José Luis Gómez as Polidori .