Tess

Tess

  • Director: Roman Polanski
  • Writer: Gérard Brach,Roman Polanski,John Brownjohn
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, France
  • Language: English
  • Release date: December 12, 1980
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Тесс
  • "Tess" is a feature film produced by the French company Renn Productions, directed by Rajmund Roman Liebling and starring Nastassja Kinski , Peter Firth , Leigh Lawson and others. The film was released in West Germany on October 25, 1979.
    The film is adapted from Thomas Hardy's novel "Tess at the Durber House", about the tortuous life of a beautiful poor girl Tess who is ruthlessly teased by fate   .

    Details

    • Release date December 12, 1980
    • Filming locations Morienval, Oise, France
    • Production companies Renn Productions, Timothy Burrill Productions, Société Française de Production (SFP)

    Box office

    Budget

    $12,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $20,093,330

    Gross worldwide

    $20,101,247

    Movie reviews

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    • By Talon 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      A sugar daddy you deserve

      It should be adapted from a famous book. It seems that it was the first time that Polanski made this kind of film. It was grand. At that time, everyone was very loyal and simple. ? It's even a bit rigid, but it's not rigid. Maybe there are too many such themes for reference. It's a bit like a template, a frame, but it's not important. Is this a tragedy? The crescent moon, that is a tragedy, because there is no hope at all, the people at the bottom, as women, are too beautiful,...

    • By Jada 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      Miscellaneous

      1. Praise Tess. Originally, I had been struggling not to tell Angie her past. I was really terribly wrong. To love someone is to accept all of them as one aspect. Tess is a truly self-respecting, self-improving, kind and angelic woman who has grown up slowly. From her ignorance and obedience to being insulted to killing others and fleeing for love, she has completed her transformation in this process. But poverty is the greatest original sin. Fate is too tragic. She can also kill Alexander,...

    • By Elsie 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      Tess

      I have always felt that a good adaptation of the original work should not only lose the taste and connotation of the original work, but also give full play to the advantages of light and shadow to achieve another level of artistic appeal. This version of the movie made the novel in my heart, and I am very happy. The film has a high degree of reduction, the plot is handled implicitly, and the pictures are beautiful and intoxicating, blending with the quiet and sad tone of the whole...

    • By Jazmyn 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      Tess

      A very touching moment: After Tess was abandoned by Angel, he did not receive a reply and went to visit Angel's manor in town on foot. She took off her muddy leather boots far away, hid beside the haystack, and put on slightly noble leather shoes. But the door wouldn't open. At the end of the service, the people in the town came out of the church, and Tess was wandering, wanting to find out about Angel, but he didn't know how to say it for fear of ruining his reputation.

      She was...

    • By Tamia 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      If we danced that dance together

      Should we live by our inner convictions, rational advice, follow habits and reasoning from experience to avoid the traps in life, or should we be dashing, beautiful, sincere, brave, resolute, and live according to our own hearts. Which one is right.

      With such a background of background, Tess is obviously rational and realistic to enjoy her beauty with her fake cousin who is willing to take care of the whole family, but she scoffed and refused again and again. She wants her own dignity,...

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    • By Shawna 2023-08-20 11:59:48

      I was fortunate enough to read the original book when I was a teenager. Although I can't remember many details, I feel sad when I think of the character Tess. Polanski's narration and photography are in place, but unfortunately Jinski is not suitable for interpreting this female character with a simple personality and a tragic...

    • By Elda 2023-08-10 08:17:58

      Oh my feelings are so deep. . PRE dry...

    • By Matt 2023-08-07 12:26:59

      No wonder the heroine is so familiar! This is the beauty of Paris,...

    • By Norval 2023-07-28 12:23:59

      Judging from an ethical and moral point of view, Tess's tragic responsibility is half her own and half to Angel. If Tess hadn't succumbed to the powerful Alek in the first place, she had always insisted on her chastity. If Angel had met and fell in love with Tess at the ball, it would have been perfect. Of course, the most dissatisfying thing is Angel's spiritual obsession with chastity. He feels that a person who has been possessed physically is not worthy of love in spirit. good...

    • By Shana 2023-07-13 14:05:22

      2012-260.170 minutes…

    Movie plot

    At the end of the nineteenth century, in a village called Mahler, a young and beautiful girl Tess ( Nastassja Kinski ) and her family lived an extremely poor life. By chance, Tess’s drunkard father learned that he was a descendant of the noble Deborah. Driven by interests, his mother whimsically asked the seventeen-year-old Tess to recognize his family from a rich old lady, imagining that he would get rid of the economy. Difficulties.

    Positive reviews

    "Tess" was the best film of 1979  . ("Los Angeles Times" review)
    "Tess" is beautiful and full of romance, showing the idyllic scenery unique to southwestern England. The film is largely loyal to the original, using a delicate technique to truly reproduce Hardy's novel   . (Tencent Entertainment Review) "Tess" reveals Polanski's rare tenderness and delicacy. He uses exquisite images to reproduce the beauty of the British Victorian era,...
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    Movie quotes

    • Mrs. Durbeyfield: You must go and see her and ask her for some help in our trouble.

      Tess: If the lady receives me at all, it t'ld be enough if she were friendly. You must not expect her to help us.

      Mrs. Durbeyfield: Oh, come, come, my dear. With your pretty face, you could coax her into anything!

    • John Durbeyfield: I'm the head of noblest branch of the family and I got my pride to lean on.

      [passes out]

    • Alec d'Urberville: Tell me, do you like strawberries?

      Tess: Yes, when they're in season.

      Alec d'Urberville: Here they already are.