“My Cousin Rachel” — starring Academy Award-winner Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin — tells the story of a young Englishman who plots revenge against his mysterious and beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. His feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling helplessly and obsessively in love with her.
Steeped in a wonderfully powerful atmosphere of desire and suspicion, “My Cousin Rachel” tells the story of a rather naive young bachelor struggling to determine if his deceased guardian’s charming widow is either the woman of his dreams or a cold-blooded killer and inheritance-chasing gold-digger. But when Rachel eventually arrives to visit the estate of her late husband, Philip meets a woman who seems nothing like the black-hearted poisoner of Ambrose’s deathbed ravings.
The film is written for the screen and directed by Roger Michell, based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier, which was written in 1951. The author’s outstanding work often combines suspense, passion and shockingly modern psychological portraits of men and women in intriguing and sometimes obsessive relationships. On publication, “My Cousin Rachel” instantly became one of du Maurier’s most popular books.
“A brilliant tale of attraction and suspicion.” — The Hollywood Reporter
“Rachel Weisz has never been as seductive, cunning or deliciously ambiguous.” — Variety