The visit inspires an idea: Roderick will leave Charlotte with Mary while he travels, in hopes that time by the sea might cure his wife’s crippling anguish. Roderick is also taken with Mary, and brings Charlotte to Lyme Regis to observe her work. “I don’t want to be alone,” she pleads to her husband, Roderick (James McArdle), who intends to put her away while he takes a tour of Europe. She’s under the spell of melancholia, and that depression cages her. That is, until a woman named Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan) wanders into her life.Ĭharlotte is a sad woman. Unfortunately, there is no one around to see that joy. When Mary stumbles upon a magnificent bit of preserved fossil, her inner world ignites. Mary lives with her mother Molly (Gemma Jones) and their days are slow, grey, routine. A self-taught paleontologist (played by Kate Winslet) who rummages the beaches of Lyme Regis-along the Southern English coastline-looking for “ammonites,” or 200-million-year-old sea fossils. Her name is Mary Anning and she was a real person, but in Francis Lee’s Ammonite she is something else. She is unmarried, childless, and a scientist whose work impresses people who do not know her intimately. She looks for fossils as she fossilizes in real time her life far removed from the daily drum of what others deem normal. The imprint of life-what is left behind when the days move on postmortem. A woman walks the shoreline, searching for signs of life lived. “ was a woman of extraordinary integrity, and utterly authentic to herself,” Kate also added, noting that if the movie featured a male and female engaging in a “tidal wave” of sex the film wouldn’t get as much attention.Picture this: a slate-grey beach, sunlight dormant behind a wall of silver cloud. “Why can’t they just be called passionate scenes, rather than ‘lesbian or gay’? We wouldn’t say the ‘heterosexual romance’ Titanic!’ the LGBT activist said. Of note, Mary Anning was real paleontologist who lived from 1799 – 1847 and there are no verified reports about her sexuality. “There was something wonderful about having that shared, equal language with another woman,” Kate reflected, noting she doesn’t want to label the on-screen relationship. A wealthy visitor then hires Mary to care for his wife Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan), when, after getting off on the wrong foot, the two women unexpectedly fall in love. The Francis Lee directed period piece is set in the United Kingdom’s rugged Southern coastline, where paleontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) looks for common fossils to sell to tourists. Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan play lovers in the movie ‘Ammonite.’ (Everett Collection) It’s a different body than the one I had 20 years ago.” Despite their 19 year age difference, Kate - who is mom to kids Mia, 20, Joe, 17, and Bear, 7 - had no qualms about stripping down with Saorise. I’ve got all my marks, and scars, and I’m older. How is this possible?!'” Kate went on, noting that she previously “hung her hat up” when it came to doing anymore on-screen nudity. “And for me, at the age I am now, that felt quite good, actually! I remember saying, ‘Here I am, doing nudity at 43 (the age I was then). 'The Holiday' Turns 14: See Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet & More Then & Now 'Ammonite' Trailer: Saoirse Ronan Falls Deeply In Love With Kate Winslet In New Romance - Watch 'Titanic' Cast Then & Now: See How Leo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet & More Have Changed 23 Years Later Search Hollywood Life Search Trending Navigation Trending Latest Hollywood Celebrity & Entertainment News Primary Menu Menu Close Menu
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