Jude is a 1996 English film, based on the novel Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy and directed by Michael Winterbottom, who also directed The Claim, another Hardy-based movie, in 2000. It tells the story of a stonemason pursuing the cousin he loves even though both are married. The screenplay is written by Hossein Amini. The original music score is composed by Adrian Johnston.
The film gained notoriety for a scene in which Kate Winslet's character is shown giving birth in graphic detail.
A stonemason steadfastly pursues a cousin he loves in this adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel. However their love is troubled as he is married to a woman who tricks him into marriage and she is married to an abusive nobleman. Living out of wedlock, the two are rejected by the townspeople leaving them to struggle in abject poverty. Change " he is married to a woman who tricks him into marriage" to "he is married to a woman who tricked him into marriage" Written by John Sacksteder
