At the height of his career, Charles Dickens finds himself embroiled in one of the biggest personal struggles of his life. While working on a stage play, he meets a beautiful young actress named Nelly Ternan who is in deep admiration of all his works. Fascinated by her personality and smitten by her beauty, he takes the time to make regular visits to her home in London - a secret that he is desperate to keep from his wife of 20 years Catherine Thomson. Though having a profound respect for Dickens, Nelly's mother makes it plain that she does not want their relationship to develop into something that could mar her reputation. However, Dickens is happy to suffer the shame of an unusual separation if it means he can be with his new lover forever, but just how damaging could it be to his career?
The story of Charles Dickens and his complicated love affair is now to be told onscreen in 'The Invisible Woman'; a touching drama based on true events that were told in Claire Tomalin's 1991 book 'The Invisible Woman: The story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens'. The film has been directed by main star Ralph Fiennes ('Coriolanus') with a screenplay by Abi Morgan ('The Hour', 'The Iron Lady', 'Shame'), and it is scheduled for release on February 21st 2014.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Michelle Fairley, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander, Perdita Weeks, Tom Burke, Joanna Scanlan, Charlotte Hope, John Kavanagh, Michael Marcus, Laurence Spellman, Stuart Matthews, James Michael Rankin, Gabriel Vick, Grahame Fox, Jonathan Harden, Christos Lawton, Harmon Joseph, Christopher Jenner Cole