"A new adaptation of the so-called "greatest love story of all time," "Wuthering Heights," is coming to the big screen this Valentine's Day. The new movie features an all-star lineup, headed by Margot Robbie as leading lady, Catherine, and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff. Directed by Emerald Fennell, the trailer released last week promises a cinematic, broody take on Emily Bronte's 1847 Gothic novel of the same name."
"Heathcliff is an orphan from Liverpool who is described "a dark-skinned gypsy" a term which in the context of 19-century Britain, implied foreignness or racial difference. He is immediately set apart from the fair-skinned Earnshaw family who takes him in. He forms a bond with Catherine, who eventually shuns him by marrying the wealthy Edgar Linton to improve her social status. Heathcliff's love turns into revenge and their toxic bond destroys the lovers' families for generations to come."
A new film adaptation of Wuthering Heights will debut on Valentine's Day, starring Margot Robbie as Catherine and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, directed by Emerald Fennell. The trailer evokes West Yorkshire moors, heavy rain, fog, eroticism and a broody Gothic atmosphere that suggests doomed, anguished romance. The soundtrack includes a new song, "Chains of Love," and was written by Charli XCX, following her global hit "Brat." The original novel centers on Heathcliff, an orphan described as "a dark-skinned gypsy," whose possessive love for Catherine turns to revenge after she marries Edgar Linton, destroying both families. Emily Brontë died at age 30, shortly after the novel's publication.
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