Country: USA
Year: 2017
Duration: 120'
The turbulent and passionate love story between Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, the author of the immortal Frankenstein, and the famous romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. They are united by their condition as outsiders in a society based on claustrophobic and unchangeable rules, and flee from their respective families to live their dream together.
Biography
film director
Haifaa Al Mansour
Haifaa Al Mansour (Saudi Arabia, 1974) studied comparative literature at the American University in Cairo and film at the University of Sydney. She debuted in 2005 with the fairly successful documentary Women Without Shadows. This success was confirmed by Wadjda (2012), her feature film debut, whose world premiere was held at the Venice Film Festival, where she won the Interfilm Award, the CinemAvvenire Award and the C.I.C.A.E. Award. The first female Saudi director and considered one of the major film talents in the Arab world, she is presently working on Nappily Ever After, which is now in post-production.
FILMOGRAFIA
Women Without Shadows (doc., 2005), Wadjda (La bicicletta verde, 2012), Mary Shelley (2017).
Declaration
film director
“Mary Shelley is the remarkable true story of a woman who railed against the constraints of her society to create a story that would outlive the work of her contemporaries, including her brilliant parents and husband, to influence generations of writers and dreamers with an entirely new genre: science fiction. Her own story feels so strangely familiar because so much of it ended up allegorically in Frankenstein. We all know the basic story, but her journey reveals so many layers and deeper philosophical elements that help explain the work’s appeal.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Haifaa Al Mansour
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Emma Jensen
fotografia/cinematography
David Ungaro
montaggio/film editing
Alex Mackie
scenografia/production design
Paki Smith
costumi/costume design
Caroline Koener
musica/music
Amelia Warner
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Elle Fanning (Mary Shelley), Douglas Booth (Percy Shelley), Bel Powley (Claire Clairmont), Tom Sturridge (Lord Byron), Ben Hardy (John Polidori), Maisie Williams (Isabel Baxter), Joanne Froggatt (Mary Jane Clairmont), Stephen Dillane (William Godwin)
produttori/producers
Amy Baer, Alan Moloney, Ruth Coady
produzione/production
Gidden Media, HanWay Films, Juliette Films, Parallel Films, Sobini Films
coproduttori/coproducers
Orlagh Collins, David Grumbach
**
contatti/contacts
Notorious Pictures
Irene Tomio
i.tomio@notoriouspictures.it
www.notoriuospictures.it
Haifaa Al Mansour
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Emma Jensen
fotografia/cinematography
David Ungaro
montaggio/film editing
Alex Mackie
scenografia/production design
Paki Smith
costumi/costume design
Caroline Koener
musica/music
Amelia Warner
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Elle Fanning (Mary Shelley), Douglas Booth (Percy Shelley), Bel Powley (Claire Clairmont), Tom Sturridge (Lord Byron), Ben Hardy (John Polidori), Maisie Williams (Isabel Baxter), Joanne Froggatt (Mary Jane Clairmont), Stephen Dillane (William Godwin)
produttori/producers
Amy Baer, Alan Moloney, Ruth Coady
produzione/production
Gidden Media, HanWay Films, Juliette Films, Parallel Films, Sobini Films
coproduttori/coproducers
Orlagh Collins, David Grumbach
**
contatti/contacts
Notorious Pictures
Irene Tomio
i.tomio@notoriouspictures.it
www.notoriuospictures.it
