Mary Shelley

(Biography, Drama, Romance)

When rebellious teenager Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (Elle Fanning) meets romantic poet Percy Shelley (Douglas Booth) the attraction is instant. Both feel trapped in polite society, where their progressive ideas are beyond the boundaries of the 19th century. Mary and Percy elope, taking Mary’s half-sister, Claire (Bel Powley), along with them. Added to this scandal are the whispers of Percy’s philandering ways that follow them around Europe. During a visit to the home of their friend, Lord Byron (Tom Sturridge), tension continues to grow and so, on a stormy night, Byron, to distract Mary from Percy’s infidelities, suggests that his houseguests write a ghost story. Mary pours all the pain and betrayal she feels into creating Frankenstein and the resulting story is incredible.