The Girl

Adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. In mid-19th century Yorkshire, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her. Ill-treated by Thornton's bitter and vindictive wife Anne, who views Hannah only as evidence of her husband's infidelity, she is married off to the village butcher, whose waspish mother torments her further. But through her patience, intelligence and strength, she wins her freedom and the man she loves.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

156 minutes

Year:

1996

Director:

David Wheatley

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Company:

Festival Films

Cast:

Hannah Boyle

Ned Ridley

Fred Loam

Mrs. Daisy Loam

Anne Thornton

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