The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.
Acting
Rachel Weisz makes social awkwardness genuinely luminous
Cinematography
Bleak Welsh coast so gorgeous you'll want to be miserable there
Acting
McKellen brings unexpected warmth to small-town doctor role
Director
Beeban Kidron
Rachel Weisz
Amy Foster
Vincent Perez
Yanko
Ian McKellen
Dr. James Kennedy
Kathy Bates
Miss Swaffer
Joss Ackland
Mr. Swaffer
Tony Haygarth
Mr. Smith
Fiona Victory
Mrs. Smith
Tom Bell
Isaac Foster
Zoë Wanamaker
Mary Foster
Eve Matheson
Mrs. Wilcox
Dave Hill
Jack Vincent
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Canon Van Stone
Matthew Scurfield
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from Joseph Conrad's 'Amy Foster,' which was itself loosely based on a real shipwreck in 19th century Cornwall.
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