Stars: Vincent Perez, Rachel Weisz, Ian McKellen, Joss Ackland, Kathy Bates, Tom Bell, Tony Haygarth, Zoe Wanamaker, Dave Hill, Angela Morant, Janine Duvitski, Matthew Scurfield, Dave Hill, Zoe Wanamaker, William Scott-Masson, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Janet Henfrey, Sandra Huggett, Eve Matheson, Willie Ross, Neil Rutherford, Gerardo Silano, Bob Smith, Fiona Victory, Paul Whitby, Margery Withers

Director: Beeban Kidron

Summary: Amy is thought of as strange by her family and everyone else in the village. Some people consider her to be a witch and is accused of causing a shipwreck. Only one man survives the tragedy and he is immediately drawn to Amy...

The intolerant inhabitants of a seaside town ostracize an introverted young woman, branded a simpleton because of her refusal to relate to uncaring townsfolk, and her lover, a shipwrecked, unkempt Ukrainian man, considered to be equally dim. When the two misfits marry and have a son, the townspeople unite in an effort to undermine their happiness. Based on Joseph Conrad's short story "Amy Foster."

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Based on the Joseph Conrad story "Amy Foster", Swept From the Sea, a swirlingly romantic melodrama, tells the story of a Polish sailor (Vincent Perez) shipwrecked and washed ashore on the English coast in the 19th century. Found by a servant girl, Amy (Rachel Weisz), who is a village outcast, he is considered retarded because no one can understand what he says. But slowly, through Amy's love and the doctor's tutelage, the sailor learns enough English to decide he wants to make an honest woman out of Amy, which doesn't sit well with the disapproving villagers, who don't like Amy. Even the doctor, who has a fondness for the sailor, has a blind spot when it comes to the servant girl. Strong performances and gritty period settings lift this film above bodice-ripper status to something richer. --Marshall Fine

Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Theatrical Trailer, Filmographies
Subtitles:	Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish
Year:	1997
Release Date:	March 15, 1999
Runtime:	109 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R 96318
Keywords:	Sea, Amy, General, Wide, Screen, Foster, Drama, Swept
Genre:	Drama