Jude Fawley is a stonemason who loves learning. Inspired by his childhood schoolmaster, he longs to attend university and singlemindedly studies in the hope of gaining a place. His studies are interrupted when Jude blindly falls for and marries Arabella Dunn, the daughter of a local pig farmer. After a brief and unhappy marriage he moves to Christminster to be closer to his beloved scholars. There he meets and falls fatally in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead. The ill-fated lovers join in an illicit union that flouts society’s conventions and tragedy ensues. Based on the novel “Jude the obscure” by Thomas Hardy.
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ACMI Identifier
308156
Language
English
Audience classification
M (15+)
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Poverty
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Poverty - Children
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Love
Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations
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Sound
Colour
Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)