Review of Tess (1979) by Florent C — 17 Mar 2014

The very special pleasure of watching a Polanski movie with a storm thundering beyond the window, and with the help of surprise-pocket subtitles in Romanian...

This review of Tess (1979) was written by Florent C on 17 Mar 2014.

Tess has generally received positive reviews.

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