A Quiet Passion

The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.

Cast

Cynthia Nixon

as Emily Dickinson

Jennifer Ehle

as Vinnie Dickinson

Keith Carradine

as Edward Dickinson

Emma Bell

as Young Emily Dickinson

Sara Vertongen

as Miss Lyon

Duncan Duff

as Austin Dickinson

Jodhi May

as Susan Gilbert

Joanna Bacon

as Emily Norcross

Benjamin Wainwright

as Young Austin Dickinson

Catherine Bailey

as Vryling Buffum

Reviews

Reno

**Being a biopic, it justifies! But not everybody thinks that way!** I don't know what did everybody expected from it, but I thought it was good. It is a biopic and you can't anticipate a film to alter for your comfort. Not all the films based on the real person are one hundred per cent exact dep...

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