Emily

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.

Keywords

  • Australian Cinema
  • Based on a True Story
  • British Cinema
  • Film Festival Oostende
  • Film Festival Oostende (home)
  • Portraits of empowered women
  • The Sooner team's favorites: Stephanie
  • True Story
  • costume film
  • history
  • women

Actors

  • Emma Mackey
  • Fionn Whitehead
  • Oliver Jackson-Cohen
  • Alexandra Dowling
  • Gemma Jones

Director

  • Frances O'Connor

Drama, Romance


2h 10min


-12

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Australia
United Kingdom
2022
The initiatory journey of a rebellious and marginal young woman, the author of Wuthering Heights.

The initiatory journey of a rebellious and marginal young woman, the author of Wuthering Heights.


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.

Festivals

Cast & Crew