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The Invisible Woman

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director: Ralph Fiennes
actor: Amanda Hale Charlotte Hope Christos Lawton Claire Daly Felicity Jones James Michael Rankin Joanna Scanlan John Kavanagh Jonathan Harden Kristin Scott Thomas Laurence Spellman Michael Marcus Michelle Fairley Ralph Fiennes Tom Burke Tom Hollander
writer: Abi Morgan

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In 1857, actress Nelly Ternan was performing in London’s Haymarket Theatre when she was first spotted by Charles Dickens. Ternan was 17, while Dickens was 45 and had been married some 20 years. The two began an affair, which was kept a secret from the general public for the duration of their lives. Theirs has since become one of the great love stories in literary history, as alluring for the speculation it inspires as for the details on record as fact. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]

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