Rowing with the Wind (1988)
In the summer of 1816, Percy Shelley, his mistress Mary, and her stepsister Claire visit Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Byron challenges each to write a horror story, and Mary begins her novel, Frankenstein. She imagines the monster becoming real, and for the next six years, as tragedy befalls those around her, she believes the personification of her imagination is the cause. Against this backdrop, Claire has Byron's baby then is estranged from him and barred from her daughter. Byron and Percy continue their friendship, the one self-centered and decadent, the other wildly idealistic. The Shelleys take up residence near Pisa.
Director: Gonzalo Suárez
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Hugh Grant as Lord Byron |
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Lizzy McInnerny as Mary Shelley |
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Valentine Pelka as Percy Bysshe Shelley |
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Elizabeth Hurley as Claire Clairmont |
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José Luis Gómez as Polidori |
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Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Teresa Guiccioli |
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Bibiana Fernández as Fornarina |
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Virginia Mataix as Elisa |
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Ronan Vibert as Fletcher |
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José Carlos Rivas as Criatura |
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Josep Maria Pou as Oficial Aduana |
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Karen Westwood as Fanny |
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Terence Taplin as Godwin |
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Jolyon Baker as Edward Williams |
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Kate McKenzie as Jane Williams |
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Emma Amos as Joven veneciana |
| Directing | Gonzalo Suárez | Director |
| Writing | Gonzalo Suárez | Writer |
| Sound | Alejandro Massó | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Carlos Suárez | Director of Photography |
| Production | Andrés Vicente Gómez | Producer |
| Art | Wolfgang Burmann | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Blake | Costume Design |
| Editing | José Salcedo | Editor |
