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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Gulbenkian Cinema description of the film:<\/p>\n
Alfred Hitchcock | US | 1940 | 130mins | Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith\u00a0 Anderson<\/p>\n
Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s superlative psychological thriller\u00a0 adapts Daphne du Maurier’s haunting tale of a naive young woman (Joan Fontaine)\u00a0 who meets handsome, aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier) on\u00a0 holiday in Monte Carlo and is swept off her feet by his whirlwind courtship.<\/p>\n
Following their wedding, they move to his Cornish estate Manderley, where the\u00a0 brooding Maxim once lived with his first wife, Rebecca, and where sinister\u00a0 housekeeper Mrs Danvers (Judith Anderson) who is fiercely devoted to the memory\u00a0 of her dead mistress, undermines Maxim\u2019s new wife at every turn.<\/p>\n
A beautifully\u00a0 nuanced study in guilt and anxiety about sex, money and class, Rebecca<\/em> continues to hold audiences\u00a0 spellbound with its beguiling blend of lush romanticism and bleakly oppressive\u00a0 suspense.<\/p>\n \u201cA gorgeous treat from one of cinema\u2019s masters. Not to be\u00a0 missed.\u201d<\/em> Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 5\u00a0 stars<\/p>\n \u201cTense, engrossing and deliciously deceitful.\u201d<\/em> David Parkinson, Empire Magazine<\/p>\n For more information and to book your ticket please go to:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.thegulbenkian.co.uk\/events\/cinema\/2014\/January\/2014-01-rebecca.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Posted by Sarah As mentioned earlier on the blog, the Gulbenkian Cinema, located\u00a0on the University of Kent campus, is screening a series of Gothic films between January\u00a0and March. The first is Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca\u00a0(1940) on the 26th of January at … Continue reading