The Essex Serpent (2022-)
Clio Barnard, 2022-
The Essex Serpent
Sarah Perry, 2016
The Essex Serpent is a TV mini-series directed by Clio Barnard in 2022 and based on the book of the same name by Sarah Perry, first published in 2016. The TV series features Tom Hiddleston, Claire Danes, Clémence Poésy, Frank Dillane, Hayley Squires, Michael Jibson, and others.
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Storyline
Cora is a recently widowed woman who, having been released from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex. There she becomes intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.
Movie vs Book
Year
2022
Minutes
50
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
The Essex Serpent
Director: Clio Barnard
Country: UK
Year: 2022-
Length: 50m / 6 episodes
Year
2016
Pages
422
Book Rate
7.14
S: Goodreads
Book
The Essex Serpent
Author: Sarah Perry
Country: UK
First published in: 2016
Length: 422 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“The biggest challenge of adapting the book was trying to make the inner lives of the characters legible through their outward actions.”
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