Andrea Arnold (the immensely talented director behind Red Road and Fish Tank), has created a radical adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic novel, Wuthering Heights. Veering some distance from costume-drama clichés, Arnold’s edgy and gritty take follows Heathcliff (portrayed as a young man by Solomon Glave, and then by James Howson), a black orphan who is found on the streets of Liverpool by Mr. Earnshaw and brought to Wuthering Heights to be made part of the family. Here, Heathcliff forms a strong bond with Cathy (Shannon Beer, and then Kaya Scodelario). What begins innocently eventually becomes a dangerous obsession....
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Wuthering Heights is released in cinemas October 11.
