Mary Shelley (2017)

Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein.

Director:

Haifaa Al-Mansour

Writers:

Emma Jensen, Haifaa Al-Mansour (additional writing by)

Stars:

Elle Fanning, Maisie Williams, Ben Hardy

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Elle Fanning	...	Mary Shelley
Maisie Williams	...	Isabel Baxter
Ben Hardy	...	John Polidori
Bel Powley	...	Claire Clairmont
Joanne Froggatt	...	Mary Jane Clairmont
Douglas Booth	...	Percy Shelley
Stephen Dillane	...	William Godwin
Tom Sturridge	...	Lord Byron
Ciara Charteris	...	Harriet Shelley
Derek Riddell	...	William Baxter
Hugh O'Conor	...	Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Stuart Graham	...	Publisher
Jack Hickey	...	Thomas Hogg
Sarah Lamesch	...	Eliza
Donna Marie Sludds

Storyline

On 1814, during Regency era, Mary Wollstonecraft-Godwin is a 16-years-old aspiring writer who lives in London working in the bookshop of her father, renowned writer William Godwin, married by second time with Mary Jane Clairmont after the passing of Mary's mother, philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft, and having a stepsister, Claire Clairmont. Casually, in a travel to Scotland in the house of a William's friends, Mary meets to the 21-years-old poet Percy Shelley, who shows a special interest on her. Returning to London a little time later, Mary unexpectedly meets again with Percy when Percy appears on her house asking William to be his pupil. Fascinated by Percy, Mary starts a bohemian and torrid relationship with him, despite the opposition of her father and her stepmother, specially after to discover Percy as a married man with one little son. Determined to be free and live on her own terms, Mary flees with Percy to live together, accompanied by Claire, who wants to live far from her ...

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Plot Keywords:

19th century | percy shelley | lord byron | reference to frankenstein or the modern prometheus | love triangle | 

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Taglines:

Her Greatest Love Inspired Her Darkest Creation

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexuality and thematic elements including substance abuse

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook [UK] Official Instagram [UK]

Country:

UK Luxembourg USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 July 2018 (UK)

Also Known As:

Mary Shelley - Un amore immortale

Filming Locations:

Ireland

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,570, 27 May 2018, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$97,321, 8 July 2018

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,787,083, 4 September 2018

Company Credits

Production Co:

BFI Film Fund,Film Fund Luxembourg,Gidden Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Haifaa Al-Mansour becomes the first Saudi female director ever to direct a Hollywood film.

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Goofs

In one of the scenes that take place during the stay of Mary in Scotland, while the characters walk through the field, a group of lumberjacks is cutting logs. But although they raise the ax and the blow is heard, it is clear how their tool does not touch the wood.

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Connections

Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Tom Hiddleston/Maisie Williams/Rooney (2016)

User Reviews

Important and Inspiring

An important decent movie with some great performances & beautiful plot. A true story of Mary Godwin that got inspired by her miserable life & love affair to write her first masterpiece & how she struggled as a female author to get her chance of publishing.