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Sylvia (2003)
6.1
Ratings: 6.1/10 from 5,104 users
Metascore:
56/100
Reviews: 85 user | 81 critic | 40 from Metacritic.com
Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Director:Christine Jeffs |
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Morecambe
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Alison Bruce | ... |
Elizabeth
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Assia Wevill
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| Blythe Danner | ... |
Aurelia Plath
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| Lucy Davenport | ... |
Doreen
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Julian Firth | ... |
James Michie
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Jeremy Fowlds | ... |
Mr. Robinson
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Professor Thomas
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| Sarah Guyler | ... |
Ted's Cambridge Girlfriend
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Andrew Havill | ... |
David Wevill
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Theresa Healey | ... | |
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Liddy Holloway | ... |
Martha Bergstrom
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Storyline
In 1956, aspiring American poet Sylvia Plath meets fellow poet Edward 'Ted Hughes' at Cambridge, where she is studying. Enthralled with the genius of his writing, Sylvia falls in love with him even before meeting him, and he quickly falls in love with her. They eventually marry. Sylvia quickly learns that others are also enthralled with her husband, for a combination of his good looks, charisma, fame and success. Sylvia lives in her husband's professional shadow as she tries to eke out her own writing career, which doesn't come as naturally to her as it does to Ted. She also suspects him of chronic infidelity. Both issues affect Sylvia's already fragile emotional state, she who once tried to commit suicide earlier in her life. Through her pain and her anger, she does gain minor success as a writer, with a completed semi-autobiographical novel and a few well received collection of poems... Written by Huggo
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(Greece) See more »Also Known As:
Sylvia - Paixão Além das Palavras See more »Box Office
Budget:
£7,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$58,940 (USA) (19 October 2003) (3 Screens)Gross:
$1,302,242 (USA) (21 December 2003)Company Credits
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Sylvia: Why?
Professor Thomas: To build national character!
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Most of the extras in the opening scenes in Cambridge were, like Sylvia Plath herself, students of the University of Cambridge. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: The film begins with the time that Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes met, and the trees are shown in autumn colors with falling leaves. However, Sylvia and Ted met in late winter, February of 1956, when the trees would have been bare. See more »Quotes
Professor Thomas: The government cut the electricity.Sylvia: Why?
Professor Thomas: To build national character!
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Connections
Referenced in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Miss March/Race to Witch Mountain/Sunshine Cleaning (#1.3)" (2009) See more »
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