![]() He returns to Mary's shop and reveals that Charlotte has been sent to Lyme Regis in order to convalesce, and entrusts her to Mary's care as he will be departing to Europe for four to six weeks. Roderick returns from his morning trip with Mary to the shoreline and finds Charlotte confined to her bed in a depressed state. That night in their room at the Three Cups Hotel, Roderick treats Charlotte coldly, rebuffing her sexual advances and saying that now is not the time to have another baby. ![]() While initially antagonistic, Mary accepts his offer. He expresses his admiration for Mary's work and offers to pay her for a guided trip to the shore where he can learn from Mary about fossil collecting. One day, geologist Roderick Murchison visits Mary's shop accompanied by his wife, Charlotte. When she returns, she helps her mother wash and polish a collection of eight animal figurines. Mary spends the early mornings on the beach at low tide in search of fossils for the shop, with tiny ammonites being her most common find. In the 1840s, fossil collector and paleontologist Mary Anning lives with her ailing mother Molly, who helps Mary run a small shop in Lyme Regis, Dorset. It was released in Australia on 14 January 2021 by Transmission Films and in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2021 by Lionsgate. ![]() The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2020. Gemma Jones, James McArdle, Alec Secăreanu and Fiona Shaw also star. The film centres on a speculative romantic relationship between Anning and Charlotte Murchison, played by Saoirse Ronan. The film is loosely inspired by the life of British palaeontologist Mary Anning, played by Kate Winslet. Ammonite is a 2020 romantic drama film written and directed by Francis Lee. ![]()
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