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Ammonite

6.9(662)20201h 58m4

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$1.4M
Language
English
  • beach
  • paleontology
  • affectation
  • melancholy
  • paleontologist
  • biography
  • grief
  • lesbian relationship
  • period drama
  • miscarriage
  • lgbt
  • fossil

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Behind the camera

Director

Francis Lee

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR13 Nov 2020
    • Digital / OTT4 Dec 2020
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival17 Oct 2020
    • Digital / OTT1526 Mar 2021
    • Theatrical (limited)1517 May 2021
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA15+14 Jan 2021
    • Digital / OTTMA15+1 Mar 2021
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereRToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 2020
    • PremiereRCalgary International Film Festival (CIFF)24 Sept 2020
    • PremiereRCinéfest Sudbury26 Sept 2020
    • PremiereRVancouver International Film Festival3 Oct 2020
    • Digital / OTTR4 Dec 2020
    • TVRSuper Écran11 Mar 2021
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical (limited)1813 Nov 2020
  • BrazilBR

    • Digital / OTT14VOD2 Jun 2021
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Digital / OTT12+17 Sept 2021
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1520 May 2021
  • FranceFR

    • Digital / OTTUMyCanal7 Jul 2021
    • PhysicalDVD5 Oct 2021
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical124 Nov 2021
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical16Dublin Film Festival4 Mar 2021
  • IsraelIL

    • Theatrical1624 Jun 2021

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Ammonite was released on 13 November 2020.

Audience reviews

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    SWITCH.

    11/15/2020

    8/10

    Much like its protagonist, 'Ammonite' is a film that initially keeps you at a distance - but this is a deliberate decision, one that makes the embrace of the final act all the more powerful. This isn't a sweeping story of passionate love, but a journey back <i>to</i> love, and a journey with an unexpected destination. Perhaps what Mary is looking for - the true fossil she is trying to uncover within herself - is not …

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    Peter McGinn

    5/19/2021

    9/10

    As entertainment, I enjoyed watching Ammonite. The protagonist, Mary Anning, is an intriguing woman. She is prickly and somewhat anti-social, at least to strangers. Yet she puts up with oppressive behavior by her mother, perhaps to keep the peace or because they are family. She is dedicated to her pursuit of science through paleontology, but also pays the bills by creating what amount to trinkets to sell to tourists.…

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    CinemaSerf

    3/27/2022

    6/10

    This is a beautifully crafted piece of work from Francis Lee and Stéphane Fontaine that depicts the rather downtrodden existence of 19th century English paleontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) who spends much of her time combing the beach for shells and fossils that she restores and sells in a small shop she shares with her ailing mother (Gemma Jones). The arrival of the enthusiastic Roderick Murchison (James McArd…

  • B

    beyondthecineramadome

    6/20/2022

    2/10

    Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-ammonite-review<a> Despite the fact that production and filming began prior to Celine Sciamma’s exquisite _Portrait of a Lady on Fire_, Francis Lee’s _Ammonite_ was released after it and cannot escape the comparison. The two films are similar in that both take place in secluded oceanside locales, focus…

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