Synopsis:

Tamara Drewe is a wittily modern take on the romantic English pastoral, inspired by Thomas Hardy’s Far From the Maddening Crowd. It is a joyful but occasionally dark comedy about a young newspaper journalist torn between two lovers. Tamara Drewe’s childhood home is being sold, and her return to the rural Dorset village where she grew up causes something of a stir. Tamara, one an ugly duckling, has transformed into a devastating beauty, kicking up a storm of envy, lust and gossip wherever she goes. Tamara is the ultimate modern girl but her story of love and confusion is timeless.