Year 2009 Video Release 2009-01-13 Studio Warner Bros. Genre Drama MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis When the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield Arterton is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles, she falls into the clutches of the manipulative and fraudulent D'Urberville son, Alec Matheson . A very different man, Angel Clare Redmayne , seems to offer Tess love and salvation, but she must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent. A thrilling story of seduction, love and betrayal unfolds. Unstintingly gorgeous and romantic, this new adaptation is an intense, moving and provocative depiction of Hardy's tragically beautiful story.