directed by: Haifaa Al-Mansour, year: 2018
actors: Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth, Maisie Williams

Mary Shelley offers an intimate biographical drama about an 18-year-old Mary Godwin as she defies societal limits to explore love, friendship, and imagination. In a restless 19th-century Europe, she joins a radical circle around the poet Shelley, faces grief and responsibility, and in a blaze of creativity writes Frankenstein. With a restrained, luminous performance by Elle Fanning, the film traces how a young woman’s voice reshapes literature and life.

19th Century, Biographical Drama, Historical Period Piece, Literary Biopic, Romantic Drama