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Rowing with the Wind

5.8(33)19881h 35m2

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.

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English
  • lord byron

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  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical19 Sept 1988
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalPG121 Jul 1989
  • SpainES

    • PremiereSource: IMDB (San Sebastian Film Festival)19 Sept 1988

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Rowing with the Wind was released on 19 September 1988.

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  • B

    badelf

    5/18/2023

    6/10

    Looks like Lord Byron's castle was the location of Burning Man of the 19th century. A bit hard to follow, but a good biopic of the author of Frankenstein.

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