David Blair
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Tess returns home in confusion and shame after being raped by her manipulative 'cousin' Alec D'Urberville. Her baby, whom she christens Sorrow, is a sickly child, but Tess finds work on a dairy farm where she meets the handsome Angel Clare again. Can he offer her the love and deliverance she craves?
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After the death of John Durbeyfield, Tess' family loses their house and travels to a village once owned by the blighted d'Ubervilles. While being relentlessly pursued by Alec, Tess writes an angry letter to Angel, pleading with him to return from Brazil. Meanwhile, her family, unable to find lodgings, accepts an offer by Alec, who lets them stay and work at his home. He then informs Tess that she now has no choice but to go with him and be his wife....
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Tess agrees to marry Angel, to his great joy. When he confesses to a dishonourable event in his own past, Tess feels that she can at last tell him about her relationship with Alec D'Urberville and its consequences. Appalled, Angel feels that he and Tess must separate, although they remain married. Alec leaves for Brazil to set up a farm there, while Tess endures a harsh winter on a farm run by Groby, the cruel bailiff. She encounters a religiously...
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"This richly detailed film charts the tragic romantic triangle formed when the dashing Count Vronsky defies social conventions and falls into forbidden love with Anna, the ignored wife of an aristocrat. Soon, Anna's children--a son by Karenin and an illegitimate daughter by Vronsky--become pawns in Karenin's game to see that Anna pays a terrible price for her indiscretion."--Container.