Far From the Madding Crowd

May 2015118 minutes
Drama
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Oscar nominated Carey Mulligan stars as a headstrong young woman in this passionate romantic drama, based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy. Mulligan plays Bathsheba Everdene, an independent heiress who attracts three very different suitors: a strapping sheep farmer (Matthias Schoenaerts), a handsome and reckless Sergeant (Tom Sturridge), and a prosperous mature bachelor (Michael Sheen).
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Rotten Tomatoes® score
85%
Audio language
English (5.1)
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English [CC]
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118 minutes

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