Andrea Arnold is one of the most exciting British directors currently making movies and she is set to have her new movie Wuthering Heights screened at the BFI London Film Festival.
Yes it has been two years since she wowed critics and audiences with Fish Tank but now she is back with a new adaptation of the popular Emily Bronte novel.
Arnold kicked off her career in front of the camera as a TV presenter before moving behind it as she turned her hand to directing in the early noughties.
She began with shorts, Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Wasp back in 2005, before moving into feature films.
She made her feature film debut a year after her Oscar success with Red Road - a script that she also penned.
Jackie works as a CCTV operator. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze.
One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she never wanted to see again. Now she has no choice, she is compelled to confront him.
The movie was met with critical acclaim and Arnold was suddenly a directing talent that everyone had their eye on as Red Road went on to scoop the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
She followed this up with the equally fab Fish Tank in 2009 - plucking lead actress Katie Jarvis from obscurity for the role.
The movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival that year and she once again won the Jury Prize for her work.
The film and the performances from the cast were met well by the critics and it was recognised by Bafta as it picked up the award for Best British Film.
We haven't seen Arnold in the director's chair for two years but now she has returned with her highly anticipated adaptation of Wuthering Heights.
Arnold herself has penned the screenplay along with Olivia Hetreed and has cast Kaya Scodelario and James Howson in the central role as Cathy and Heathcliff.
The movie follows a poor young English boy named Heathcliff is taken in by the wealthy Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy.
The movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival before going on to be screened at Toronto and the movie is now heading for London and is one of the movies that everyone will be desperate to see.
The movie is perhaps a little darker than what we are use to seeing from this story as Arnold has shown no fear in putting her stamp on a story that has been told many times.
Wuthering Heights is released 11th November.
55th BFI London Film Festival runs from 12-27th October.
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