128 mins.
Acclaimed British director Andrea Arnold (Red Road, Fish Tank) breathes new life into Emily Bronte’s classic, remaining faithful to the gritty and bleak source novel as young lovers battle against the prejudices of the era to find their way back to one another.
Yorkshire hill farmer Mr Earnshaw (Paul Hilton) visits Liverpool and discovers a young black boy called Heathcliff (Solomon Glave) living on the streets.
The landowner takes pity on the boy and returns home to the isolated Yorkshire moors where he integrates the youngster to his family, much to the chagrin of his own son, Hindley (Lee Shaw).
Heathcliff forges an obsessive relationship with the farmer’s daughter, Cathy (Shannon Beer).
As Heathcliff and Cathy enter adulthood (now played by James Howson and Kaya Scodelario), their attraction is still tangible, sparking a chain of events that leaves devastation in their wake.
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