Tess (Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

This multiple-Oscar-winning film by Roman Polanski is an exquisite, richly layered adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A strong-willed peasant girl (Nastassja Kinski, in a gorgeous breakthrough) is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge, which Polanski unfolds with deliberation and finesse. With it's earthy visual textures, achieved by two world-class cinematographers-Geoffrey Unsworth (Cabaret and Ghislain Cloquet (Au hasard Balthazar)-Tess is a work of great pastoral beauty as well as vivid storytelling.

CONDITION: NEW

MPAA rating : PG PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Director : Roman Polanski
Media Format : Widescreen
Release date : December 30, 2014
Actors : Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin, Tony Church
Studio : Criterion Collection
Number of discs : 1