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Fingersmith

2005 · 1 season, 3 episodes · Crime, Drama, Mystery · BBC One · United Kingdom · Rated 15 (GB)

Two young women, one passion.

A young woman is hired as a maid to an heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a gentleman to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.

Created by
Aisling Walsh
Based on the novel by
Sarah Waters
Starring
Sally Hawkins, Elaine Cassidy, Rupert Evans, Charles Dance, Imelda Staunton, Polly Hemingway
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19th centuryabusebased on novel or bookclass distinctiondeceptionlesbianlesbian relationshiplgbtlondon, englandmarriage of convenienceminiseriespsychiatric wardvictorian englandwoman director
Rating15 (GB)

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