Rowing with the Wind

Rowing with the Wind

1988 · 95 min · ★ 5.8 · Horror, Drama, Romance, Thriller

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.

Directed by Gonzalo Suárez · Written by Gonzalo Suárez

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Hugh Grant Lord Byron
Lizzy McInnerny Mary Shelley
Valentine Pelka Percy Bysshe Shelley
Elizabeth Hurley Claire Clairmont
José Luis Gómez Polidori
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Teresa Guiccioli
Bibiana Fernández Fornarina
Virginia Mataix Elisa
Ronan Vibert Fletcher
José Carlos Rivas Criatura
Josep Maria Pou Oficial Aduana
Karen Westwood Fanny

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