Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley (working title A Storm in the Stars) is a 2017 romantic period-drama film directed by Haifaa al-Mansour and written by Emma Jensen. The plot follows Mary Shelley's first love and her romantic relationship with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, which inspired her to write her 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. An international co-production, the film stars Elle Fanning as Shelley, with Maisie Williams, Douglas Booth, Bel Powley, and Ben Hardy in supporting roles.
Plot
Mary Godwin was the daughter of the pioneering feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft and her husband, the publisher and political philosopher William Godwin. Mary Wollstonecraft had died shortly after giving birth, and when the film opens 16 years later Mary Godwin is living with her father, her stepmother (with whom she has a strained relationship), and her stepsister and close confidante Claire Clairmont.
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| author | Emma Jensen |
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| contentLocation | United Kingdom |
| director | Haifaa al-Mansour |
| editor | Alex Mackie |
| events | Mary Shelley |
| genre | drama historical romance |
| keywords | bloomsbury claire clairmont dinner party drown even flirt frankenstein galvanism ghost story giving birth laugh lord byron married mary godwin mary wollstonecraft nothing percy bysshe shelley strained relationship think walk william godwin |
| musicBy | Amelia Warner |
| producer | Alan Moloney Amy Baer David Grumbach Ruth Coady |
| productionCompany | BFI Film Fund Luxembourg Gidden Media HanWay Films Head Gear Films Irish Film Board Juliette Films Metrol Technology Parallel Films Ralifish Films |
| publisher | Curzon Artificial Eye IFC Films |
| theme | biographical romantic drama |