Wuthering Heights
- Director: Andrea Arnold
- Writer: Olivia Hetreed, Andrea Arnold
- Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Oliver Milburn, Nicola Burley, James Howson, Paul Hilton, Solomon Glave, Shannon Beer, James Northcote, Nichola Burley
- Language: English
- Theatrical Release Date: April 9, 2012
- Distributor: Oscilloscope
- Festivals: Sundance Film Festival
- On The Web IMDB Entryhomepage
Tagline: Love is a force of nature.
Synopsis: A Yorkshire hill farmer on a visit to Liverpool finds a homeless boy on the streets. He takes him home to live as part of his family on the isolated Yorkshire moors where the boy forges an obsessive relationship with the farmer’s daughter. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]
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