Rowing with the Wind

The story

In the summer of 1816, Percy Shelley, his mistress Mary, and her stepsister Claire visit Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Byron challenges each to write a horror story, and Mary begins her novel, Frankenstein. She imagines the monster becoming real, and for the next six years, as tragedy befalls those around her, she believes the personification of her imagination is the cause. Against this backdrop, Claire has Byron's baby then is estranged from him and barred from her daughter. Byron and Percy continue their friendship, the one self-centered and decadent, the other wildly idealistic. The Shelleys take up residence near Pisa.

Cast & crew

Hugh GrantLord Byron

Lizzy McInnernyMary Shelley

Valentine PelkaPercy Bysshe Shelley

Elizabeth HurleyClaire Clairmont

José Luis GómezPolidori

Aitana Sánchez-GijónTeresa Guiccioli

Bibiana FernándezFornarina

Virginia MataixElisa

Ronan VibertFletcher

José Carlos Rivas

José Carlos RivasCriatura

Josep Maria PouOficial Aduana

Karen WestwoodFanny