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Movie Matinee at Medford: Mary Shelley

This moody historical drama follows teenage Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (Elle Fanning) as she begins a scandalous affair with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, defying family and society. Amid heartbreak and exile, she channels her grief into creating Frankenstein. © 2017. (PG-13) 2hr 00min.

In this moody historical drama, teenage Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (Elle Fanning) begins a passionate and scandalous affair with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (Douglas Booth), defying her family and society in pursuit of love and literary ambition. Amid heartbreak, loss, and exile, Mary channels her grief into the creation of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, birthing a novel that will outlive them all.

Featuring Elle Fanning, Maisie Williams, Douglas Booth, Stephen Dillane, Bel Powley, Joanne Froggatt

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