The imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Brontë, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic Wuthering Heights. Explore the relationships that inspired her – her raw, passionate sisterhood with Charlotte and Anne; her first aching, forbidden love for Weightman and her care for her maverick brother whom she idolises.
Acting
Emma Mackey's feral, wordless intensity — she's barely recognizable from Sex Education.
Direction
Frances O'Connor's debut drips with sensual, muddy authenticity.
Cinematography
Those moors look like they want to swallow everyone whole.
Director
Frances O'Connor
Emma Mackey
Emily Brontë
Fionn Whitehead
Branwell Brontë
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
William Weightman
Alexandra Dowling
Charlotte Brontë
Gemma Jones
Aunt Branwell
Adrian Dunbar
Patrick Brontë
Amelia Gething
Anne Brontë
Veronica Roberts
Tabby
Gerald Lepkowski
Mr. Linton
Sacha Parkinson
Ellen Nussey
Philip Desmeules
Monsieur Heger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Frances O'Connor spent fifteen years trying to make this film, originally wanting to play Emily herself before aging into the role of Aunt Branwell.
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