Bleak House

★ 8.0IMDb Score
Released:2005-10-27
Genre:Drama
Duration:5530 min
Director:
Actors:Anna Maxwell Martin, Denis Lawson, Carey Mulligan, Gillian Anderson, Charles Dance
Production:Smallweed Productions, BBC, GBH

Overview:

The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.

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