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Far From the Madding Crowd

  • Director: Thomas Vinterberg
  • Writer: David Nicholls
  • Type: Features
  • Year: 2016
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Length: 119 Minutes

Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, this film tells the story of fiercely independent Bathsheba Everdene as she manages her newly inherited estate and chooses among three suitors: a sheep farmer, an alluring soldier, and a wealthy older man.

Date: Friday, February 19, 9PM
Location: Lehman Auditorium, 202 Altschul Hall

Filmmaker Bio:
Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg has established himself as a cinematic talent and innovator. He celebrates the use of light weight film production and smaller budgets gaining freedom from big studio bureaucy. He and Lars Von Trier established the Dogme 95 film movement to advance this liberating approach to filmmaking.

 

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