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Jude is a 1996 English film, based on the novel Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy and directed by Michael Winterbottom. It tells the story of a stonemason pursuing the cousin he loves even though both are married. The screenplay is written by Hossein Amini. The original music score is composed by Adrian Johnston.

Tagline: His world could never change... Until she became his world.

Plot summary

In the Victorian period, Jude Fawley is a young man with dreams of receiving a scholarly university education. Circumstances conspire against him, however, forcing him into a job as a stonemason and an unsatisfactory marriage. He remains true to his dream, however, and years later, after his wife's sudden departure, heads for the city. There he encounters his beautiful cousin, Sue Bridehead, who shares his intelligence and his disdain for convention, and the two develop a romantic relationship. These unlikely lovers must struggle to keep their relationship from a disapproving world, however, or else face the tragic consequences of public scandal.

Main cast

Christopher Eccleston
– Jude Fawley
Kate Winslet
– Sue Bridehead
Liam Cunningham
– Phillotson
Rachel Griffiths
– Arabella
June Whitfield
– Aunt Drusilla

Trivia

Ewan McGregor
was offered the role of Jude Fawley, but passed on it to film Trainspotting
(1996) instead.
Colin Farrell
was approached to play Jude Fawley.
Director Michael Winterbottom insisted that Kate Winslet watch the film Love Story
(1970) to prepare her for the child-death scene.
This is the first film that Michael Winterbottom had directed from a novel by Thomas Hardy; the second was the romance film The Claim
(2000
).
Eccleston shares a scene in the film with David Tennant
. Nine years later, Tennant succeeded Eccleston in the lead role in Doctor Who.

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