| Affinity | |
| Director: | Tim Fywell |
| Producer: | Adrian Bate |
| Starring: | Zoë Tapper Anna Madeley Domini Blythe Amanda Plummer Mary Jo Randle |
| Music: | Frédéric Weber |
| Cinematography: | Bernard Couture |
| Editing: | Mary Finlay |
| Runtime: | 120 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Affinity is a 2008 UK film adaptation of Sarah Waters' 1999 novel of the same name;[1] directed by Tim Fywell and written by Andrew Davies.[2] [3] It stars Zoë Tapper, Anna Madeley, Domini Blythe, Amanda Plummer, and Mary Jo Randle. The film was nominated for the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series.[4]
Affinity is set in Victorian England; the story of an upper-class woman, Margaret (Anna Madeley), who becomes an official "Visitor" to a woman's prison; however, she becomes emotionally attached to one of the inmates, Selina (Zoe Tapper).
As the story progresses through Selina's shady background, and Margaret's dislike of her home life; a plot to break out of the prison develops. But just what the plan is, and who calls the shots is yet to be discovered.