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Jude

Jude

6.3/ 10

TMDB Rating

139

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1996

Release Year

123 min

Runtime

Drama
Romance

Overview

In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage to a farmer's daughter named Arabella. But when his wife leaves him, Jude sees an opportunity to improve himself. He moves to the city and begins an affair with his married cousin, Sue, courting tragedy every step of the way.

Keywords

based on novel or book
victorian england
teacher
loveless marriage
19th century
pig slaughter
loss of faith

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Reviews(2)

7.5avg rating
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tmdb76622195

September 29, 2023

9
9/10

Well over one hundred years ago, Thomas Hardy experienced critical backlash against his novel "Jude the Obscure" and never wrote another novel. This film version is also controversial, but definitely worth a look. This stars Christopher Eccleston in the title role as a stonemason who yearns for high

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

November 10, 2024

6
6/10

Set amidst a very much class-ridden Britain, the eponymous aspiring stone mason (Christopher Eccleston) has settled down to marriage with "Arabella" (Rachel Griffiths) but dreams of escaping his life of physical labours and entering university. That opportunity might just come his way when she leave

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