Rowing with the Wind

(1988)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 33 votes

Genres: Horror, Drama, Romance, Thriller

Year: 1988

Runtime: 95 мин

Country: Spain, Norway

Director: Gonzalo Suárez

Cast: Хью Грант, Лиззи МакИннерни, Валентин Пелка, Элизабет Хёрли, José Luis Gómez, Айтана Санчес-Хихон, Bibiana Fernández, Virginia Mataix, Ronan Vibert, José Carlos Rivas

Plot

In the summer of 1816, Percy Shelley, his mistress Mary, and her stepsister Claire visit Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Byron challenges each to write a horror story, and Mary begins her novel, Frankenstein. She imagines the monster becoming real, and for the next six years, as tragedy befalls those around her, she believes the personification of her imagination is the cause. Against this backdrop, Claire has Byron's baby then is estranged from him and barred from her daughter. Byron and Percy continue their friendship, the one self-centered and decadent, the other wildly idealistic. The Shelleys take up residence near Pisa.