Rowing with the Wind
1988
95 minutes
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Hugh Grant
Lord Byron
Lizzy McInnerny
Mary Shelley
Valentine Pelka
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Elizabeth Hurley
Claire Clairmont
José Luis Gómez
Polidori
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Teresa Guiccioli
Bibiana Fernández
Fornarina
Virginia Mataix
Elisa
Ronan Vibert
Fletcher
José Carlos Rivas
Criatura
Josep Maria Pou
Oficial Aduana
Karen Westwood
Fanny
Terence Taplin
Godwin
Jolyon Baker
Edward Williams
Kate McKenzie
Jane Williams
Emma Amos
Joven veneciana