My Cousin Rachel is a 2017 romantic drama film written and directed by Roger Michell. It is based on the 1951 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. The film stars Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Iain Glen, Holliday Grainger, and Pierfrancesco Favino. Its plot is about a young man in Cornwall who meets the widow of his older cousin, suspecting her of being responsible for his death.

Plot

In the 1830s, a young orphaned, Philip, is adopted by his older cousin Ambrose, who raises him as a son on his large estate in Cornwall. Philip grows up with no women in the household. When Philip is a young man, Ambrose travels to the sunnier climate of Florence for his health. Ambrose writes Philip that he has married their widowed, distant cousin Rachel in Florence. Later, Ambrose's letters grow increasingly paranoid, indicating he is becoming more ill and distrusts his doctors. Concerned, Philip travels to Italy, only to be informed by Rachel's friend Enrico Rainaldi that Ambrose has died and Rachel has left. Philip is convinced that Rachel caused Ambrose's death and vows revenge.