Reinventing Wuthering Heights

19 February, 2026

Over the years, more than thirty adaptations of Wuthering Heights have been made – for cinema, television and the stage alike. The novel’s enduring grip has repeatedly drawn filmmakers back to it, its fascination transcending linguistic and cultural borders. Luis Buñuel ventured his own Spanish-language version with Abismos de Pasión (1954); even Jacques Rivette succumbed to its pull with Hurlevent (1985).

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Journalist and film critic, with a master's degree in film critics. Collaborates with Scena9, Acoperișul de Sticlă, FILM and FILM Menu magazines. For Films in Frame, she brings the monthly top of films and writes the monthly editorial Panorama, published on a Thursday. In her spare time, she retires in the woods where she pictures other possible lives and flying foxes.