His film is handsome, genuinely cinematic, and both Claflin and Weisz are well cast. He too will fall in love, but Rachel's character and motivations remain teasingly opaque.ĭu Maurier's stories are all about mystery, and atmosphere, and Roger Michell understands this very well. For Rachel (Rachel Weisz) is beautiful, witty, and a breath of fresh air. But when he meets her, all reservations are quickly cast aside. Philip is suspicious, and half convinced that Rachel had something to do with his mentor's demise. Then comes the news that Ambrose has died, and that Rachel will shortly be arriving in Cornwall. At first he appears ecstatically happy, but then his letters take on a darker tone: he complains that Rachel is always watching him, and spends money like it's going out of fashion. Regular letters describe a meeting with a long-lost cousin, Rachel, whom Ambrose falls in love with, and weds. Philip is devoted to Ambrose, and misses the older man when he decamps to Italy for his health. Sam Claflin is Philip, an orphan boy who was taken in by his kindly cousin Ambrose Ashley, and raised on a large Cornish estate.
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