Book-to-screen adaptation
Far from the Madding Crowd: Book-to-Movie Adaptation
Thomas Hardy's Victorian novel about the independent Bathsheba Everdene and her three very different suitors receives a lush, sun-drenched adaptation. Carey Mulligan is magnetic in the lead role, navigating passion, consequence, and self-determination across the sweeping Dorset countryside in this visually gorgeous 2015 film.
7.02015RomanceDramaPeriodBook Adaptation
Adaptation Details
Book
Far from the Madding Crowd
Screen Title
Far from the Madding Crowd
Cast
Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge
Release Year
2015
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