An adopted orphan falls in love with his new sister. Andrea Arnold's innovative movie adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic novel.

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Yorkshire, 1840: Mr. Earnshaw (Paul Hilton) takes in an orphan and names him Heathcliff (Solomon Glave). As the boy grows up in the family castle, he becomes smitten with his new and independent sister Cathy (Shannon Beer). When he realizes she loves him back but feels she needs to marry their rich neighbor, he leaves the estate, only to come back years later a wealthy and attractive man (James Howson).

Emily Brontë's only published novel is one of the classic works of the Victorian era. English director Andrea Arnold, known for socially critical dramas (Fish Tank), has made a refreshingly innovative interpretation of the work. By radically reducing the intricate plot into one storyline, adapting the dialogue into modern speech and using pseudo-documentary cinematography, the drama seems more accessible and more forceful than the cumbersome source material.