Originally released for television, 1996. Based on the novel "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy. Christopher Eccleston, Kate WInslet, Liam Cunningham, Rachel Griffiths, June Whitefield.
Summary:
Jude Fawley is a stonemason who loves learning. Inspired by his teacher, he longs to go to university. After a brief but unhappy marriage to the daughter of a local pig farmer, he moves to Christminster to be closer to his beloved scholars. There, he meets and falls totally in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead, a thoroughly modern young woman, whose wit and beauty captivate him. The ill-fated lovers join in an illicit union that flounts society's conventions - and tragedy ensues"--Container "VVE1920."
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