![]() This is the case in one of the movie's most memorable sequences, in which Emily pretends to be inhabited by the spirit of her dead mother – to the point we almost believe she's actually possessed – when playing a masked guessing game with her siblings and William. The references to Wuthering Heights can become a little too obvious at times, but O'Connor successfully finds a place for the gothic themes prevalent in Emily's work. Despite Emily's initial scepticism of William's Byronic allure, the two soon begin a secret love affair that's as passionate and doomed as that of Cathy and Heathcliff. It's not long before her stern father demands she take up French lessons with his new curate, William Weightman ( The Haunting of Hill House's Oliver Jackson-Cohen). She would rather find solace in the surrounding moors of Howarth conjuring up stories and poetry than meet new people, to whom her prim and proper sisters call her "childish". ![]() ![]() Introverted and aloof, Emily is dubbed "the strange one" in her family. With that, the premise of the movie is set, and we follow Emily ( Sex Education star Emma Mackey) as she explores the relationships and landscapes that inspired her, and rebels against a society that strives to stifle her creativity. ![]() Emily opens with the author about to meet her maker and Charlotte – who had thought the novel to be "base and ugly" – asks her sister: "How did you do it? How did you write Wuthering Heights?"
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