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Tess
Drama, Romance
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumour that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who value sumptuous period atmosphere and emotionally devastating stories of desire, injustice, and social constraint.
- Tone
- melancholic, bleak, romantic
- Payoff
- heartbreak, catharsis
- Pacing
- meditative
- Intensity
- harrowing
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- class hierarchy, sexual violence, social mobility, fate, betrayal
- Setting
- nineteenth-century rural England, farms, aristocratic estates and ancient ruins
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