Monday, November 30, 2020
FINGERSMITH
Trailer
This acclaimed BBC adaptation of the Sarah Waters novel stars Oscar-nominee and BAFTA-winner Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter) and BAFTA-nominee Charles Dance (Game of Thrones). The lives of two young women collide in an engrossing Victorian thriller that alternates between the twisting back alleyways of Dickensian London and the cloistered gloom of a Gothic mansion. Raised in a den of pretty thieves, or "fingersmiths," plucky orphan Sue Trinder (Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water) agrees to help a con man known as Gentleman (Rupert Evans, Charmed) defraud and betray wealthy heiress Maud Lilly (Elaine Cassidy, Disco Pigs). But Sue's plans are turned upside down when she falls in love with Maud. Then the women are separated-each to her own hellish prison-just as they realize the strength of their passion for each other. (2 EPS, 2005)
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