5.7
Madame Bovary
2015
Romola (1924)
December 6, 19241h 46mEN
6.6
5 votes
Overview
In Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as Tito Melema, a young Italianate-Greek scholar. Tito becomes acquainted with several other Florentines, including Nello the barber and a young girl named Tessa. He is also introduced to a blind scholar named Bardo de' Bardi, and his daughter Romola. As Tito becomes settled in Florence, assisting Bardo with classical studies, he falls in love with Romola.
Director
Henry KingWriters
Where to Watch
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Free
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Status
Released
Original Language
No Language
Budget
N/A
Revenue
$497K
Production Companies
Inspiration PicturesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
6.0It's actually quite hard to get excited about this rather dreary adaptation of George Eliot's quite gripping story of love and survival during the turbulent events in late 15th century Florence. As was common at the time of her writing this story (1862), she used language to expertly craft and deliver a tapestry of interwoven themes and characterisations that created a rich, multi-layered series of themes. Well, sadly for this, much of these have been thrown under the bus, and we are left with the two Gish sisters in a melodramatic tale of deception and intrigue all right, but not amongst the…
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