'The Invisible Woman' trailer portrays Charles Dickens in a secret relationship
A new trailer is now available for the movie 鈥淭he Invisible Woman,鈥� which actor Ralph Fiennes directed and stars in as author Charles Dickens.
The film depicts the alleged relationship between Dickens and an actress, Ellen Ternan (Felicity Jones of 鈥淟ike Crazy鈥�). The movie co-stars Kristin Scott Thomas as Ternan鈥檚 mother, Tom Hollander as writer Wilkie Collins, and 鈥淚n the Loop鈥� actress Joanna Scanlan as Dickens鈥� wife Catherine.
The beginning of the trailer shows the ending of a play, possibly the show 鈥淭he Frozen Deep,鈥� which was written by Dickens and in which Ternan acted. Later, Jones is seen with Scanlan.
鈥溾�橳is a fiction designed to entertain,鈥� Scanlan tells Jones of Dickens鈥� work.
鈥淪urely it is more than that,鈥� Jones says. 鈥淚t changes us.鈥�
Fiennes and Jones are seen spending time together and later, someone offscreen asks Jones, 鈥淒o you love him?鈥� and she replies, 鈥淗e is married.鈥澛�
鈥淭he Invisible Woman鈥� is based on writer Claire Tomalin鈥檚 book of the same name which posits that Dickens and Ternan had a secret relationship and lived together for many years. The details of Dickens and Ternan鈥檚 relationship have never been entirely clear, with the circumstances of it much debated by historians. Dickens very publicly left his wife in 1858.聽
The movie opens Dec. 25 in the US.
Check out the trailer.
