Vincent Perez
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Swept from the Sea (known as Amy Foster in the UK) is a 1997 drama film directed by Beeban Kidron and starring Vincent Perez, Rachel Weisz, and Ian McKellen. Based on the 1901 short story "Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad, the film is about a doomed love affair between a simple country girl and a Ukrainian peasant who is swept onto the Cornish shore in 1888 after his emigrant ship sinks on its way ...
Jan 23, 1998 · Swept from the Sea: Directed by Beeban Kidron. With Rachel Weisz, Vincent Perez, Ian McKellen, Kathy Bates. The story of Russian emigrant Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of nineteenth century.
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- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Beeban Kidron
- 1998-01-23
Swept from the Sea is a 1997 drama film directed by Beeban Kidron and starring Vincent Perez, Rachel Weisz, and Ian McKellen. Based on the 1901 short story "Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad, the film is about a doomed love affair between a simple country girl and a Ukrainian peasant who is swept onto the Cornish shore in 1888 after his emigrant ship sinks on its way to America.
Rent Swept From the Sea on Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Amy (Rachel Weisz), a maid in the house of wealthy Miss Swaffer (Kathy Bates), falls for a Russian stranger ...
- (18)
- Beeban Kidron
- PG-13
- Vincent Perez
Jan 23, 1998 · Powered by JustWatch. “Swept from the Sea” is a plodding retelling of “Amy Foster,” not one of Joseph Conrad's best short stories. It follows the original more or less faithfully, except for the addition of a subtle element of homosexuality--which, if it had been less subtle, might have made the movie more intriguing.
I was confident that Dr Kennedy's regard for Yanko in Swept from the Sea would be sensitively handled, based as it is on a sexual attraction. This is only confirmed in the climactic scene where the wily Miss Swaffer tells Kennedy that she knows the basis for his jealousy of Yanko's bride, Amy Foster.
Swept from the Sea (known as Amy Foster in the UK) is a 1997 drama film directed by Beeban Kidron and starring Vincent Perez, Rachel Weisz, and Ian McKellen. Based on the 1901 short story "Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad, the film is about a doomed love affair between a simple country girl and a Ukrainian peasant who is swept onto the Cornish shore in 1888 after his emigrant ship sinks on its way ...
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