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Great Expectations (2012)

Great Expectations (2012)

Drama Romance

Prepare for a life of great expectations.

Release Date: 2012, November 30
Directors: Mike Newell
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Number 9 Films, BBC Film, Unison Films, Lipsync Productions
Cast: Sophie Rundle, Claire Ashton, Jeremy Irvine, Ralph Fiennes, Ralph Ineson, Robbie Coltrane, Bebe Cave, Helena Bonham Carter, Malcolm Tierney, Jason Flemyng, Jessie Cave, Helena Barlow

Overview:

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

Keywords:

based on novel or book 19th century secret benefactor young gentleman