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Tess
She was born into a world where they called it seduction, not rape. What she did would shatter that world forever.
She was born into a world where they called it seduction, not rape. W...
Drama, Romance - 1979
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A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge.
Director:
,
Roman Polanski
Cast:
,
Nastassja Kinski
,
Suzanna Hamilton
,
Tony Church
,
Peter Firth
,
Leigh Lawson
,
John Collin
,
Richard Pearson
,
Carolyn Pickles
,
Sylvia Coleridge
,
Brigid Erin Bates

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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
171 min
Release date:
6 Oct 1979
Country:
FR, GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$12,000,000
Revenue:
$20,101,247
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. 16 wins & 16 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
Tess tells one rather more about its director's much publicised preoccupations than about Hardy's themes.
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
een in the context of Roman Polanski's career it becomes something rich and strange, shaded into terror by the naturalistic absurdism that is the basis of Polanski's style.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Without Mr. Polanski's name in the credits, this lush and scenic Tess could even be mistaken for the work of David Lean.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
This is a wonderful film.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
Tess is a sensitive, intelligent screen treatment of a literary masterwork.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
19 Feb 2010
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