Jane Eyre
United Kingdom
2011
121 Min
Color
1.85:1
English, French
Synopsis
Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska) flees Thornfield House, where she works as a governess for wealthy Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbender). The isolated and imposing residence—and Mr. Rochester’s coldness—have sorely tested the young woman’s resilience, forged years earlier when she was orphaned. As Jane reflects upon her past and recovers her natural curiosity, she will return to Mr. Rochester—and the terrible secret that he is hiding…
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Cary Fukunaga
Cary Joji Fukunaga (born July 10, 1977) is an American film director, writer and cinematographer. Fukunaga was born in Oakland, California, has lived in France, Japan and Mexico City, and now resides in New York City. His father is Japanese and his mother is Swedish. Fukunaga graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a BA in History in 1999 and attended Institut d’études politiques (IEP) de Grenoble, and New York University in the Graduate Film Program. He has received several grants including a USA Rockefeller Foundation Fellowhship, the John H. Johnson Film Award, a Princess Grace Foundation Fellowship, and a Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Bursary. In addition to English, he is fluent in French and Spanish.
Fukunaga wrote and directed the short film Victoria para Chino (2004) while at NYU, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival and received a Student Academy Award in 2005. He made his feature film debut with Sin Nombre. It has also been announced that… read more
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DK
27Mar12
Easily one of the best, if not the best new film I saw at the cinema last year. Well-scripted (despite the fact it fumbles a little with the wife-in-the-attic element) it focuses instead on the less canonical scenes with a real relish and sensuality. The first fireside chat b/w Jane and Rochester, in particular, is brilliant. And the audible breath he takes after they reunite, breathing her in.
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10Mar12
This movie is beautiful. Beautiful! And I'm not just saying about the actress who captures the vitality of Jane character splendidly. It's the light, the frame, the music, the atmosphere they altogether create. I still remember how I imagined Jane coming back at the end of the novel when I was 14. The movie ending is nowhere near my imagination but still brings tears to my eyes. Watch it, you'll have a great one!
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"Jane Eyre," "3 Backyards," "Black Death," More
By David Hudson on March 12, 2011
"The most famous line in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is 'Reader, I married him,'" Jessica Winter reminds us in Slate, where Dana Stevens
MIFF11 - JANE EYRE Review
By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is in its glorious 60th year and if the initial below is a review for just one of many diverse films screening.Jane Eyre, unwanted as a child and brought
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Um tapinha nas costas e um "well done", somente.
By Victor Bruno on February 13, 2012
Jane Eyre é um filme bastante interessante. Se tirarmos (juro) A Morta-Viva (I Walked with a Zombie, 1943), de Jacques Tourneur, esta é a décima sexta adaptação do romance de Charlotte Brontë a ser… read review
An exceptionally good film adaptation
By Michael Harbour on January 17, 2012
An exceedingly good cast with beautiful-but-not-too-beautiful cinematography and a gripping telling of the story make this one of the best of the many cinematic attempts at this novel. Mia Wasikowska… read review
i am no bird!
By Artemis on December 21, 2011
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An exhalation of breath in the frigid Yorkshire air; the evanescent heat dissipating into the cold and immediately retracting… read review
Missed opportunity.
By LifeofFiction on December 9, 2011
When I heard that they were adapting one of the most intriguing love stories of all time, Charlotte Brunte’s “Jane Eyre,” I saw the opportunity to explore a deeply introspective relationship on film… read review
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