She will always be remembered for being the writer who created Frankenstein. Raised by a renowned philosopher (Stephen Dillane) in eighteenth-century London, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (Elle Fanning) is a dreamy teenager determined to make her mark in the world. One day she meets the brilliant poet Percy Shelley (Douglas Booth) with whom he will begin a love affair marked by passion and tragedy, something that will transform Mary and encourage her to write her Gothic masterpiece.

DIRECTOR:

Haifaa Al-Mansour

CAST:

Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth, Bel Powley, Maisie Williams, Joanne Froggatt, Tom Sturridge, Stephen Dillane, Ben Hardy, Ciara Charteris, Hugh OConor, Dean Gregory, Gilbert Johnston, Jack Hickey, Sarah Lamesch, Michael Cloke