Rowing with the Wind
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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.
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Hugh Grant
Lord Byron
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Lizzy McInnerny
Mary Shelley
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Valentine Pelka
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Elizabeth Hurley
Claire Clairmont
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José Luis Gómez
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Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Teresa Guiccioli
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Bibiana Fernández
Fornarina
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Kika
High Heels
Virginia Mataix
Elisa
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Ronan Vibert
Fletcher
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José Carlos Rivas
Criatura
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Josep Maria Pou
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Gonzalo Suárez Director · Alejandro Massó Composer Carlos Suárez Cinematographer
First release September 19, 1988 · Produced in Spain, Norway · Production Viking Film, Ditirambo Films
Production
Iberoamericana Films Produccion
Production
Viking Film
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Ditirambo Films
Production
Spain · Norway
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Original title
Remando al viento
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 19, 1988
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
July 1, 1989 · Theatrical
Spain
September 19, 1988 · Premiere · Source: IMDB (San Sebastian Film Festival)
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