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Release Date: 1998

Cast: Neil Rutherford, Gerardo Silano, William Scott-Masson, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Margery Withers, Joss Ackland, Ian McKellen, Fiona Victory, Willie Ross, Paul Whitby, Rachel Weisz, Bob Smith ...MORE

Cast: Neil Rutherford, Gerardo Silano, William Scott-Masson, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Margery Withers, Joss Ackland, Ian McKellen, Fiona Victory, Willie Ross, Paul Whitby, Rachel Weisz, Bob Smith, Vincent Pérez, Eve Matheson, Zoe Wanamaker, Janet Henfrey, Angela Morant, Dave Hill, Tom Bell, Kathy Bates, Janine Duvitski, Matthew Scurfield, Tony Haygarth ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Romantic drama, Romance Film, Period piece

Swept from the Sea is a 1997 American drama film directed by Beeban Kidron and starring Vincent Perez, Rachel Weisz, and Ian McKellen. Based on the 1901 short story "Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad, the film is about a doomed love affair between a simple country girl and a Ukrainian peasant who is swept onto the Cornish shore in 1888 after his emigrant ship sinks on its way to America. In 1888, Yanko Góral (Vincent Perez), a Ukrainian peasant, is swept ashore on the coast of Cornwall, England, after his emigrant ship sinks on its way to America. The bodies of his fellow passengers wash... MORE

Swept from the Sea is a 1997 American drama film directed by Beeban Kidron and starring Vincent Perez, Rachel Weisz, and Ian McKellen. Based on the 1901 short story "Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad, the film is about a doomed love affair between a simple country girl and a Ukrainian peasant who is swept onto the Cornish shore in 1888 after his emigrant ship sinks on its way to America. In 1888, Yanko Góral (Vincent Perez), a Ukrainian peasant, is swept ashore on the coast of Cornwall, England, after his emigrant ship sinks on its way to America. The bodies of his fellow passengers wash ashore and are soon buried in a mass grave. Yanko makes his way to the Swaffer farm, where his dishevelled appearance frightens the family. Amy Foster (Rachel Weisz), however, is not frightened by the stranger. Amy is a loner who visits her parents, Mary and Isaac Foster, every Sunday, despite receiving very little love from them. Her father calls her a "queer sort" who collects things that wash ashore, and blames her for his scandalous marriage—Mary was already pregnant before they were married. In the coming days, Amy attends to Yanko—washing, feeding, and caring for him. When he regains his health, LESS