My Cousin Rachel Dvd

My Cousin Rachel is a 2017 romantic drama film, written and directed by Roger Michell, based upon the 1951 novel My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier. It stars Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Iain Glen, Holliday Grainger, and Pierfrancesco Favino. It was shot in Italy and England in spring 2016 and is about a young man in Cornwall who meets the wife of his older cousin, suspecting her of being responsible for his death.

The film was released in the United States and United Kingdom on June 9, 2017 by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Weisz received positive reviews for her performance as the title character.

Plot

In the 1830s, a young orphan named Philip is adopted by his older cousin Ambrose, who raises him as a son on his large estate in Cornwall. Despite societal beliefs of the necessity of motherhood, Philip grows up with a nearly complete absence of women in the household, before Ambrose leaves the estate for the sunnier climate of Florence to pursue better health. Now a young man, Philip is left in the care of his godfather Nick Kendall, and learns through correspondence that Ambrose has wed their widowed, distant cousin Rachel in Florence. Later, Ambrose begins sending letters indicating distrust of the medical care he is receiving in Florence. Concerned, Philip travels to Italy, only to be informed Ambrose has died and Rachel has left. Though Ambrose’s will left the entire estate to Philip pending his next, 25th, birthday, Philip is convinced Rachel is guilty of murder and threatens her friend Rainaldi with revenge.

Philip returns to Cornwall, and later learns Rachel has followed. She arrives at the estate, and, while he vows to confront her, he meets her in her boudoir and is infatuated by the older woman’s beauty as they share tea. They accompany each other on riding excursions, and, no longer suspecting her of foul play, he throws an accusatory letter on a campfire. The two cousins conflict over Rachel’s intentions to return to Florence and live independently, but Rachel indicates she is not angry with him, and they kiss. Rachel also reveals that Ambrose had fallen out of love with her after she had a miscarriage.

Rachel stays for Christmas celebrations. Nick learns that she has drastically overdrawn her accounts and warns Philip that Rachel was notorious in Florence for her extravagance and lust. Despite this, Philip intends to turn over much of the estate’s wealth to Rachel, as soon as he can legally dispose of it after his 25th birthday, as she was left with very little from Ambrose’s estate. His birthday arrives, and, when Rachel realizes what he has done for her, she’s very grateful. While out in nature, the two have sex. At a dinner with friends, Philip declares he and Rachel are engaged (as according to the time period, they only would have sex if they had been engaged), but Rachel fervently denies this. In private, she tells him she had sex with him merely as a form of thanks, and does not return his feelings. They get into a violent argument, after which Rachel professes fear of him.

Sometime after, Philip falls ill. As he recovers, he becomes suspicious of Rachel again and starts refusing her “special herbal tea,” which she also made for Ambrose. One day, he suggests that she ride along the same sea path that he used to ride and from which you can see seals sunning themselves down below, on rocks; once, Phillip nearly died in a riding accident on that path. She’s excited by the opportunity to see the seals, and leaves on horseback, Phillip watching her go.

He and Nick’s daughter, Louise, begin searching through Rachel’s belongings for incriminating evidence, only to find out that Rainaldi was gay and was not having an affair with Rachel as everyone’s believed. Philip begins to re-think if he’s misjudged Rachel, and realizes that he directed her to the path upon which he had the accident. He sets out in search of her, but finds that she indeed has had a fatal accident while riding, on the same cliff-side path he directed her to.

Years later, Philip, now married to Louise and a father of two, is tormented by Rachel’s memory and the fact that he will never know whether she was innocent of his suspicions. He suffers horrific migraines and is sensitive to bright and loud stimuli. All of his symptoms can be traced from the time of Rachel’s death.

Cast

Rachel Weisz as Rachel Ashley
Sam Claflin as Philip
Louis Suc as 12-year-old Philip
Austin Taylor as 9-year-old Philip
Iain Glen as Nick Kendall
Holliday Grainger as Louise Kendall
Tim Barlow as Seecombe
Deano Mitchison as Ambrose
Andrew Knott as Joshua
Poppy Lee Friar as Mary Pascoe
Katherine Pearce as Belinda Pascoe
Tristram Davies as Wellington
Andrew Havill as Parson Pascoe
Vicki Pepperdine as Mrs. Pascoe
Bobby Scott Freeman as John
Harrie Hayes as Tess
Pierfrancesco Favino as Enrico Rainaldi
Simon Russell Beale as Couch