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Sylvia

“Life was too small to contain her.”

2003 · 1 h 40 min
Directed by Christine Jeffs
BiographyDramaRomance

Cast

Gwyneth Paltrow Daniel Craig Lucy Davenport David Birkin Alison Bruce Amira Casar

Credits

Written by: John Brownlow

Plot

The story of poet Sylvia Plath and her stormy marriage to Ted Hughes, from their meeting at Cambridge to her suicide in 1963.

Sinekatalog’s take

A moody, well-acted literary biopic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (11,672 votes)
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