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Looking for a movie the entire family The Return of the Native enjoy? Check out our picks for family friendly movies movies that transcend all ages. For even more, visit our Family Entertainment Guide. See the full list. Reddleman The Return of the Native Venn drives slowly across the heath, carrying a hidden passenger in the back of his van. When darkness falls, the country folk light bonfires on the hills, emphasizing the pagan spirit of the heath and its denizens. To celebrate my 1,th The Return of the Native for IMDb, I turn to a film based on the work of my favourite author. Despite his prominent position in the canon of English literature, Thomas Hardy has never really been a mainstay of the cinema in the way that, say Dickens or in recent years Jane Austen have been. Although there have been occasional excellent Hardy adaptations, such as Schlesinger's "Far from the Madding Crowd" or Polanski's "Tess", a number of his novels have never been the subject of a The Return of the Native film. I am not just talking about his more obscure works such as "Desperate Remedies" or "The Hand of Ethelberta"; there has never been a film based upon a novel as great as "The Mayor of Casterbridge", unless one counts Michael Winterbottom's eccentric "The Claim", which alters the plot considerably and transfers it to the American West. The plot is essentially a complex love pentagon. The fifth corner of the pentagon is Diggory Venn, a young man who was a rejected suitor for Thomasin's hand before her marriage. Damon and Eustacia were lovers before their respective marriages, and The Return of the Native cherish the hope that their former intimacy can be rekindled. Their spouses Clym and Thomasin are cousins. Hardy pays comparatively little attention to the Wildeves' marriage; the simple problem between them is that Damon, an innkeeper by trade, is a handsome scoundrel with a roving eve who finds it impossible to remain faithful to one woman. He analyses the Yeobrights' marriage, however, in greater detail. Clym, the returning native The Return of the Native the title, has been a successful diamond merchant based in Paris. Eustacia is a proud and independent young woman, intelligent if with little formal education, who dreams of seeing the wider world. Her main hope in marrying Clym was that he would return to Paris taking her with him. He, however, has tired of the diamond The Return of the Native and of the comfortable middle-class life he led in Paris. He believes that he has been called to some higher purpose in life and dreams of opening a local school where he can teach the local children of the remote heathland area in which the story is set. Eustacia hates the heathland, which she sees as bleak and forbidding, so is dismayed to realise that her husband is set upon spending the rest of his life there. It is her discontent, and Damon's faithlessness, which precipitate the story's final tragedy. The settings for Hardy's novels are The Return of the Native significant. The landscape The Return of the Native on such importance that it almost becomes a character in its own right, and this is particularly true of "The Return of the Native". It is therefore unfortunate that the makers of this film decided to shoot it on Exmoor rather than the Dorset heaths or "Egdon Heath"as Hardy called them. Geographically the two areas are not too far apart, but the landscapes we see here are more rugged and mountainous than anywhere in Dorset and more conventionally picturesque. I couldn't help feeling that if Eustacia had grown up in the beautiful countryside we see here she would The Return of the Native have wanted to leave. I felt that Claire Skinner was a bit weak as Thomasin although, to be fair to her, the sweet-natured Thomasin, overshadowed by her The Return of the Native of a husband and her more glamorous rival Eustacia, is not the strongest character in the novel. These, however, would be my only criticisms of the film, which is in all other respects a very worthy adaptation of a great novel, and follows its story fairly closely. There are, however, a few simplifications and alterations of Hardy's plot, notably the manner of Clym's mother's death. The rest of the cast are generally very good, and I was very taken with Ray Stevenson as the decent and idealistic Clym. I am rather surprised that I have not heard more of him since The real revelation for me, however- certainly when I first saw the film- was the performance of Catherine Zeta Jones as Eustacia. Apart from Tess, Eustacia is Hardy's greatest heroine, in my view greater even than Bathsheba Everdene. She is by temperament utterly unsuited to her sincere, kindly husband, and brings tragedy on him and on herself through her wild and impetuous behaviour, yet it is impossible for the reader not to feel some sympathy with her in a way in which we do not feel sympathy with, for example, her lover Wildeve. Like Clym, she can see all too clearly the darker side of life on Egdon Heath and the narrowness and ignorance of its denizens, some of whom quite The Return of the Native still practise witchcraft. Unlike him, she is unable to see the beauty of the area or to envisage any solution to its problems other than escaping from them. In Catherine Zeta was a striking young newcomer, strikingly and exotically beautiful, but generally regarded as most at home in light comedies like the "Darling Buds of May" television series in which she first made her name. She has, of course, gone on to become a major international star, although I have sometimes thought that Hollywood has used her too much as a comedienne and action heroine and has not done enough to find similarly demanding parts for her. This still remains my favourite of all her films. Looking for some great The Return of the Native picks? Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Visit our What to Watch page. Sign In. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. Director: Jack Gold. Writers: Thomas Hardy novelRobert W. Lenski teleplay as Robert Lenski. Available on Amazon. Added to Watchlist. Catherine Zeta-Jones Movies. My rank of Catherine Zeta-Jones performances. My favorite literature Movies and TV Series. Catherine zeta Jones. Catherine Zeta-Jones Movie List. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. User Polls Scripted U. Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination. Damon Wildeve Ray Stevenson Clym Yeobright Steven Mackintosh Diggory Venn Claire Skinner Thomasin Paul Rogers Captain Vye Joan Plowright Yeobright Celia Imrie Susan Nunsuch Richard Avery Humphrey Peter Wight Timothy Jeremy Peters Sam Greg Saunders Charley John Boswall Granfer Cande William Waghorn Christian Cande Matthew Owens Edit Storyline Reddleman Diggory Venn drives slowly across the heath, carrying a hidden passenger in the back of his van. Genres: Drama. Edit Did You Know? Trivia Diggory Venn Steven Mackintosh works as a reddleman. He digs red ochre clayalso known as ferric oxide, to be used as a red dye to mark sheep. 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The novel opens with the action of the plot already underway. The reddleman Diggory Venn rides onto the heath with Thomasin Yeobright in the back of his wagon: her marriage to Damon Wildeve was delayed by an error in the marriage certificate, and Thomasin collapsed. We soon learn that Wildeve orchestrated the error himself. He is infatuated with Eustacia Vye, and is, at least The Return of the Native some extent, using Thomasin as a device to make Eustacia jealous. When Venn learns of the romance between Eustacia and Wildeve, his own love for Thomasin induces him to intervene on her behalf, which he will continue to do throughout the novel. But Venn's attempts to persuade Eustacia to allow Wildeve to marry Thomasin, like his own marriage proposal to Thomasin, are unsuccessful. Into this The Return of the Native tangle of lovers comes Clym Yeobright, Thomasin's cousin and the son of the strong-willed widow Mrs. Yeobright, who also serves as a guardian to Thomasin. Eustacia sees in the urbane Clym an escape from the hated heath. Even before she meets him, Eustacia convinces herself to fall in love with Clym, breaking off her romance with Wildeve, who then marries Thomasin. Chance and Eustacia's machinations bring Clym and her together, and they begin a courtship that will eventually end in their marriage, despite the strong objections of Mrs. Once Wildeve hears of Eustacia's marriage, he again begins to desire her, although he is already married to Thomasin. In marrying Eustacia, Clym distances himself from his mother. Yet distance soon begins to grow between the newlyweds as well. Eustacia's dreams of moving to Paris are rejected by Clym, who wants to start a school in his native country. Wildeve inherits a substantial fortune, and he and the unhappy Eustacia once again begin to spend time together: first at a country dance, where they are seen by the omnipresent observer Diggory Venn, and then later when Wildeve visits Eustacia at home while Clym is asleep. During this visit, Mrs. Yeobright knocks at the door; she has come hoping for a reconciliation with the couple. Eustacia, however, in her confusion and fear at being discovered with Wildeve, does not allow Mrs. Yeobright to enter the house: heart-broken and feeling rejected by her son, she succumbs to heat and snakebite on The Return of the Native walk home, and dies. Clym blames himself for the death of his mother; he and Eustacia separate when he learns of The Return of the Native role that Eustacia played in Mrs. Yeobright's death, The Return of the Native of her continued relations with Wildeve. Eustacia plans an escape from the heath, and Wildeve agrees to help her. On a stormy night, the action comes to a climax: on her way to meet Wildeve, Eustacia drowns. Trying to save her, Wildeve drowns as well. Only through heroic efforts does Diggory Venn save Clym from the same fate. The last part of the novel sees the growth of an affectionate relationship, and an eventual marriage, between Thomasin and Diggory. Clym, much reduced by his travails and by weak eyesight brought on by overly arduous studies, becomes a wandering preacher, taken only The Return of the Native by the locals. Election Day is November 3rd! Make sure your voice is heard. Summary Summary. Next section Book I, Chapters Test your knowledge Take the Summary Quick Quiz. Popular pages: The Return of the Native. Take a Study Break. The Return of the Native () - Rotten Tomatoes

Across Egdon Heath a "vast tract of unenclosed wild. In the van is a young woman whose identity Venn rudely conceals from the elderly hiker. As he continues walking alongside the van, the reddleman notices the figure of a woman, standing atop Rainbarrow, the largest of the many Celtic burial mounds in the area, profiled against the sky, "like an organic part of the entire motionless The Return of the Native and then, replacing her, other figures. These are heath folk locals, living near the heath come to start a Fifth-of-November bonfire, a local custom. The night sky is lit by a number of these bonfires. The young woman traveling in Diggory Venn's horse cart is Thomasin Yeobright, who was to have The Return of the Native Damon Wildeve that day. Yeobright takes Thomasin with her to see Wildeve at the inn he operates in order to The Return of the Native an explanation of his failure to marry her. When their bonfire has burned out, the locals come to serenade Thomasin and Wildeve, thinking them to be newly married and wanting to celebrate. When Wildeve is able to get rid of them he The Return of the Native off to see Eustacia Vye, the The Return of the Native figure Venn saw earlier, standing on Rainbarrow. Eustacia watches for Wildeve on Rainbarrow, returning now and then to check on the signal fire she has had built before her grandfather's house. Captain Vye is the chance acquaintance of Venn's. Wildeve was once Eustacia's lover, but she has not seen him since his interest in Thomasin. Eventually, Wildeve does finally arrive. Venn accidentally learns of the meeting between Eustacia and Wildeve. A longtime admirer and once rejected suitor of Thomasin, Venn thinks he can score points with her. He now resolves to help her and purposely overhears the conversation between Eustacia and Wildeve the next time they meet on Rainbarrow. Venn then calls on Eustacia to get her to help Thomasin, finally telling her he knows about her meetings with Wildeve. Venn also informs Mrs. Yeobright he would like to marry her niece. Though he is rejected, the aunt uses him as a means to put pressure on Wildeve. Wildeve goes immediately to Eustacia to convince her to leave with him, but she will not answer right away. The news of the arrival for the Christmas holidays of Mrs. Yeobright's son, Clym, is widely talked about on the heath, including Captain Vye's house, where Eustacia also hears about his impending visit. Yeobright and Thomasin make preparations for Clym's arrival. After getting a glimpse of him, Eustacia is fascinated by him. She arranges to substitute for one of the boys in the traditional Christmas mumming a play or pageant in which the actors use gestures, masks, props, and elaborate makeup, but do not have spoken linesthe first performance of which is at a party Mrs. Yeobright is giving. During the performance at the party, Eustacia succeeds in meeting Clym while she is in costume. Now that her interest in Wildeve has paled, Eustacia makes clear The Return of the Native Venn that she would like to see Wildeve married to Thomasin. They do marry, with Eustacia serving as witness. Yeobright, who has once opposed the marriage, does not attend; and Clym, who has been away from home, finds out about the marriage after it has taken place. Giving up his business career in Paris, Clym has returned to Egdon Heath to set up as a schoolteacher to those who can't afford existing schools. Yeobright disapproves, thinking Clym's career goals do not show enough ambition. Clym meets Eustacia, in her own person this time, and is strongly attracted to her, an attraction that Mrs. Yeobright argues against. Clym sees Eustacia regularly, usually on the heath, for several months and then asks her to marry him. She says yes, though The Return of the Native hopes he will finally give up his plans and take her to Paris. When Mrs. Yeobright and Clym quarrel over his love of Eustacia The Return of the Native he feels forced to leave his mother's house, he decides he and Eustacia should marry right away and live for a time on the heath. Clym finds a cottage and moves from home, leaving his mother disconsolate and bitter. Wildeve's interest in Eustacia revives when he hears of her approaching marriage. On the occasion of their marriage, Mrs. Yeobright decides to send a gift of money. Her son, Clym, is marrying Eustacia against her wishes, and she hopes that, by offering this gift, she and her son can repair their relationship. The other half of the money is to go to her niece, Thomasin, who has recently married Damon Wildeve, Eustacia's former lover. Unfortunately, Mrs. Yeobright selects as her messenger the inept Christian Cantle, the village simpleton. Cantle loses the money gambling with Wildeve, who wants revenge on his wife's aunt for not trusting him with the money. Venn, protecting Thomasin, wins it back from Wildeve, but not understanding that part of it should go to Clym, Venn he delivers it all to Thomasin. Eustacia and Clym for a time live a secluded life. Yeobright receives no response from Clym about the money, she calls on Eustacia, and they quarrel bitterly. Clym, hurrying his study to be a teacher so as to pacify the impatient Eustacia, develops severe eye trouble and is forced to suspend his work. To his wife's dismay, he takes up furze cutting furze is a low, prickly shrub as a way of making a little money and getting exercise. To Eustacia, this is a far cry from what she yearns for — the gay life of the great world, especially as represented by Paris The Return of the Native and since Clym had business and connections in Paris, Eustacia saw him as a way out of her The Return of the Native life on the heath. To compensate, she goes to a gipsying a dance and unexpectedly encounters Wildeve and dances with him. Venn sees them together and attempts to discourage Wildeve's loitering around Clym's house at night. Persuaded by Venn to forget her pride and call on her son, Mrs. Yeobright starts the long walk to his house on a The Return of the Native August day. She sees Wildeve admitted by Eustacia before she can get there; when she knocks on the door, Clym's wife looks out the The Return of the Native but doesn't answer. The older woman tries to walk back home, stops in exhaustion, and is bitten by an adder. She is later discovered by Clym, who has set off for her house to attempt a reconciliation, but even medical attention cannot save her and she dies. Clym blames himself for her death. Eustacia is nearby when Mrs. Yeobright dies but doesn't make an appearance; she The Return of the Native accidentally encountered Wildeve, who has lately come into an inheritance. Clym for some time is ill and irrational because of his mother's death. His constant blaming of himself exhausts Eustacia, and she tries to find consolation in Wildeve. Once back to normal again, Clym sets out to discover what his mother was doing on the heath. From Mrs. Yeobright's The Return of the Native, Cantle, from Venn, and a young boy who came across his mother as she tried to get home that day, Clym learns what happened. He accuses Eustacia of cruelty to his mother. When Clym adds the charge of deception of himself as a husband, the relationship between him and Eustacia is effectively over. She leaves his house to return to Captain Vye's. At her grandfather's, Eustacia doesn't know how to occupy herself and once even thinks of suicide. A bonfire is lit for her when the Fifth of November comes, an inadvertent signal to Wildeve, who offers to help Eustacia get away from the heath to Paris. On Thomasin's advice, Clym, now moved back to his mother's house, writes to ask his wife to return to him. On the evening of the sixth of November, Eustacia signals to Wildeve that she wants to go, by chance not getting Clym's letter before she leaves the house. Thomasin, has suspicions about Wildeve. She and Captain Vye, who finds out Eustacia has left the house very late at night, come to ask Clym's help. Thomasin tries to get back home, finally with Venn's assistance. While Wildeve waits with a horse cart for Eustacia, and Clym searches for his wife, Eustacia on this dark, stormy night throws herself in a stream near a weir. Both Wildeve and Clym try to rescue her, but it is Venn who pulls out both men as well as Eustacia. Of the three, only Clym survives. After her husband's death, Thomasin moves into the family home with Clym. Venn, having given up the reddle trade, calls on her, and they become interested in each other. However, Clym thinks he ought to ask his cousin to marry him since his mother wished it. But Thomasin and Venn decide The Return of the Native marry and do. Clym is last seen on top of Rainbarrow, performing as an itinerant preacher of moral lectures. Next Character List. The Return of the Native book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title. Are The Return of the Native sure you want to remove bookConfirmation and any corresponding bookmarks? My Preferences My Reading List. The Return of the Native Thomas Hardy. Book Summary Across Egdon Heath a "vast The Return of the Native of unenclosed wild. Adam Bede has been added to your Reading List!