Sylvia
Sylvia is a 2003 British biographical drama film directed by Christine Jeffs and starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Jared Harris, and Michael Gambon. It tells a story based on the real-life romance between prominent poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. The film begins with their meeting at Cambridge in 1956 and ends with Sylvia Plath's suicide in 1963.
Plot
Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1932, Plath developed a precocious talent as a writer, publishing her first poem when she was only eight years old. That same year, tragedy introduced itself into her life as Plath was forced to confront the unexpected death of her father. In 1950, she began studying at Smith College on a literary scholarship, and while she was an outstanding student, she also began suffering from bouts of extreme depression. Following her junior year, she attempted suicide for the first time. Plath survived, and, in 1955, she was granted a Fulbright Scholarship to study in England at the University of Cambridge.
More details
author | John Brownlow |
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contentLocation | England |
director | Christine Jeffs |
editor | Tariq Anwar |
events | Sylvia Plath |
genre | drama romance |
keywords | attempted suicide aurelia aurelia plath boston first time force fulbright scholarship open publish sleep smith college suffer teach ted hughes unexpected death university of cambridge write |
musicBy | Gabriel Yared |
producer | Alison Owen |
productionCompany | AFI Catalog of Feature Films BBC Films Capitol Films UK Film Council |
publisher | BBFC Focus Features Icon Productions |
theme | biographical biographical drama romantic drama |