Susan Trinder (Sally Hawkins) lives in one of London's poorer boroughs, in a house with the best view of the county's gallows. She grew up here with a thrown-together family of thugs, including her foster mother Mrs. Sucksby, who takes care of unwanted babies. One day, a thug friend named "Gentleman" comes along and offers Susan and her family the deal of a lifetime: Susan is to become the new maid to Maud (Elaine Cassidy), a country lady being employed as a secretary (and practically held captive) by her uncle, who will receive twenty thousand pounds (a pound was worth about 125x more then than it is now) when she marries, from her mother's inheritance. Susan is to befriend the lonely Maud and convince her to run away with Gentleman, who comes to visit for a few weeks as an art teacher. Afterwards, Maud will be sent to a madhouse (her mother had already ended up there). But Susan falls in love with Maud and also awakens unexpected feelings in her ...
The novel Fingersmith was written by Sarah Waters, who has written some great books with lesbian protagonists. I can only recommend reading the novel before the movie, although it can be read with profit afterwards as well. Director Aisling Walsh has done a good job of directing the film, although certain aspects of it, especially background information, are naturally missing.
If you think Fingersmith is just a costume drama, you're wrong, even if the first 60 minutes of the film (which was originally a mini-series with 3 episodes of 60 minutes) match this expectation in all respects. The fact that there is much more behind it, from larger thrilling story arcs to fascinating details, is revealed as the film progresses. Of course, Fingersmith still lives on the flair of the 19th century and picks up various stylistic elements (such as the female fainting attacks).
Go to bestlesbianmoviesever dot com for the rest of the review.
The novel Fingersmith was written by Sarah Waters, who has written some great books with lesbian protagonists. I can only recommend reading the novel before the movie, although it can be read with profit afterwards as well. Director Aisling Walsh has done a good job of directing the film, although certain aspects of it, especially background information, are naturally missing.
If you think Fingersmith is just a costume drama, you're wrong, even if the first 60 minutes of the film (which was originally a mini-series with 3 episodes of 60 minutes) match this expectation in all respects. The fact that there is much more behind it, from larger thrilling story arcs to fascinating details, is revealed as the film progresses. Of course, Fingersmith still lives on the flair of the 19th century and picks up various stylistic elements (such as the female fainting attacks).
Go to bestlesbianmoviesever dot com for the rest of the review.