MARY SHELLEY

By Haifaa AL-MANSOUR

THE FESTIVAL AGENCY - as FEST

Drama - Completed 2017

The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and 18 year old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, which resulted in Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein.

Festivals
& Awards

Edinburgh Film Festival 2018
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Drama, Romance, Biography
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 120 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Haifaa AL-MANSOUR
    • Writer(s)
    • Emma JENSEN
    • Producer(s)
    • Amy BAER, Ruth COADY, Alan MOLONEY
    • Synopsis
    • Passionate and rebellious teenager Mary Wollstonecroft finds a kindred spirit in poet Percy Shelley. Their whirlwind love affair scandalises polite society, as the young couple gorge on literature and a bohemian life.
      When tragedy strikes and the couple lose their baby daughter, Mary strikes back, finding the courage and bravery to transform her pain into the world’s first science fiction novel, Frankenstein - all by the age of 18.