Effie Gray, Portrait of Ruskin, & Bronte Sisters
Effie Gray wiki – scripted by Emma Thompson
“Effie Gray is more than just an ordinary costume drama”
Portrait of John Ruskin by Millais
Brontes Sisters – Modern Family – art forum
Sensitive to the extreme limits the Brontë sisters faced owing to their sex, Téchiné is careful not to overdramatize the fact that Charlotte, Emily, and Anne all published, in 1847, their first novels under male pseudonyms (becoming, respectively, the “brothers” Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell). The director’s insistence on understatement—though never at the expense of diminishing the anguish and thwarted desire the sisters endured during their too-short lives (all died before reaching the age of forty)—clearly guided the performances as well.