- Actors: Rachel Weisz, Vincent Perez, Ian McKellen, Kathy Bates, Joss Ackland
- Directors: Beeban Kidron
- Writers: Joseph Conrad, Tim Willocks
- Producers: Beeban Kidron, Charles Steel, Devon Dickson, Garth Thomas, Polly Tapson
- Format: Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound, Colour, Full Screen
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Cinema Club
- VHS Release Date: 19 Mar 2001
- Run Time: 115 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CXBQ
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 12,956 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Based on the Joseph Conrad story "Amy Foster", Swept From the Sea, a swirlingly romantic melodrama, tells the story of a Polish sailor (Vincent Perez) shipwrecked and washed ashore on the English coast in the 19th century. Found by a servant girl, Amy (Rachel Weisz), who is a village outcast, he is considered retarded because no one can understand what he says. But slowly, through Amy's love and the doctor's tutelage, the sailor learns enough English to decide he wants to make an honest woman out of Amy, which doesn't sit well with the disapproving villagers, who don't like Amy. Even the doctor, who has a fondness for the sailor, has a blind spot when it comes to the servant girl. Strong performances and gritty period settings lift this film above bodice-ripper status to something richer. --Marshall Fine
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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This magnificent film based on Joseph Conrad's 'Amy Foster' is filled with the timeless grace of classic literature. The Cornwall English coast has never been so beautifully photographed as it is here in this story of two hearts saving each other from a life of loneliness.
Rachel Weisz uses her open and beautiful face to marvelous effect, conveying the accumulated hurt and resolve of a girl who has lived her entire life deprived of love. Her father resents her for the marriage her arrival into the world forced him into and her mother witholds her love because of a much deeper shame Amy is unaware of. Amy counters their unkindness with a silence that seems strange to those around her and casts her heart upon the sea, waiting for it to be reborn.
When the sole survivor of a shipwreck washes ashore and is treated in the same manner as Amy because he is Russian and can not communicate with those around him their hearts connect instantly, a deeply moving yet simple act of human kindness when she washes his feet and offers him bread never to be forgotten, setting the tone for the entire film. Vincent Perez gives a perfect performance as the Russia stranger who is lost and helpless in a foreign land. It is as if the sea Amy so dearly loves has felt her hurt and brought her love.
Ian McKellan and Kathy Bates lend depth to this tender and tragic tale revolving around the sea. It will leave you with the feeling you get upon finishing a classic book, knowing it will linger long afterward in your heart and mind. This is a deeply romantic film, spare and beautiful, laced with tenderness and love.
Do not, under any circumstances, miss this fine film....
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Amy Foster is a wonderful film, which plays on all of your emotions. Certain parts of this film will make you want to laugh or cry. The acting from Rachel Weisz & Vincent Perez is excellent, they make you believe how a situation like theirs could actually happen, through bigotry & extreme small mindedness. Vincent Perez plays his part of the shipwrecked Russian, looking for a better world, excellently, his accent is very good. This film is now one of my firm favourites, I would highly recommend it.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I just have to say - I saw this move three months ago and I still can't stop thinking about it.
It is extremely moving!!!!!!! and well worth watching over and over again. It has excellent actors, great story and beautiful cinematography.
I am actually going to buy it in DVD now, because I just have to have it there to watch.
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Simple but very moving film.
It is difficult to fault this film. The Cornish scenery is rugged but breathtaking and the storm scene
absolutely spectacular. Read more
absolutely spectacular. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Richard Mirfin
a little depressing, but a nice period drama for a winter's evening
This is one of those films you should watch with a cosy fire on a winter's evening. This adaptation of a Conrad story tells the tale of Amy Foster and her husband, the only... Read more
Published 21 months ago by L. Bretherton
My type of film
I really endjoyed this film. I watched it alone and had a really good cry.
Published on 30 Jan 2010 by Bernadette
Doesn't quite come together
Apologies in advance to all the die-hard fans: I really wanted to love this film, but it failed to work with me. Read more
Published on 10 April 2009 by Roman Clodia
Wonderful and Moving Drama
Took me ten years to catch this film had no idea what I had missed.
The film was given to me because of my deep love of Cornwall, in truth I would watch just about any old... Read more
The film was given to me because of my deep love of Cornwall, in truth I would watch just about any old... Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2008 by L. I. Crombie
Storm-lashed and Fate-lashed Couple
The story is basic but beautifully realized: a young Ukrainian (not Russian, as one or two others here seem to have thought) leaves his loving family in the Carpathians to emigrate... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2008 by Ian Millard
LOVE IT!
I really loved this movie, the sort of movie you could watch again and again.
Published on 19 Feb 2008 by John West Salmon Bear
Tough Love
This is a challenging little period drama. It features a stellar cast of British actors including a couple of my favourites, Josh Ackland and Zoe Wanamaker. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2006 by Optimus Prime
Great Film
This film is well worth watching, it is a great film, but not a classic ~ which in summary is a very sad and gritty love story.
Beautifully filmed, directed and acted. Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2005 by Ken Harrington
BRILLIANT!
THIS MOVIE IS THE BEST! I really enjoyed it. Amy really played her part well and Vincent Perez is well worth watching! Watch it if you haven't already!
Published on 16 Sep 2000
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