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A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumour that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge.

A luminous, wide-eyed vulnerability defines the central performance, turning a tragic period piece into something deeply intimate. Sweeping vistas of the English countryside frame a brutal collision between peasant survival and aristocratic cruelty.

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