Persuasion
(BBC/Sony Pictures, 1995)
Ciarán Hinds as Captain
Wentworth in "Persuasion" Persuasion is the story of a love that survives eight years of dormancy and the frustrating obstacles of class prejudice in 19th-century England. Anne (Amanda Root) is captivated when she meets the dignified naval officer Capt. Wentworth (Ciarán Hinds), but she is advised to discourage his romantic overtures because he has no fortune. They meet again eight years later, but now Capt. Wentworth has become wealthy while Anne's father is in reduced circumstances in the wake of reckless extravagance. A series of circumstances ensues that prevent Anne and Wentworth from expressing their mutual and inevitable love. The film's success depends entirely on the subtle, superb performances of Root and Hinds. The film builds slowly, occasionally leaving you wondering if anything at all is going to happen. When it does, you realize how carefully crafted a film this is, and the final result is grandly rewarding.
— Plot synopsis adapted from www.moviesandmore.com
- Cast: Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave, Fiona Shaw
- Director: Roger Mitchell
- Running time: 107 minutes
- Speaker: University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Emeritus of English, Joseph Weisenfarth
- When and where: the auditorium of the Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street, Madison, at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, January 18, 2009
Admission to all the screenings is free to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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