Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet star in this period drama set in 1840s England and very loosely based on real historical figures. Fossil collector and paleontologist Mary Anning lives in a small seaside community, caring for her mother and running a small shop where she sells small fossils she finds along the shore. When a geologist stumbles across her shop and offers to pay her for tutorials on fossil collecting, Mary grows close to his isolated and ignored wife, Charlotte. Over time, their relationship turns romantic, but the rules of their time mean that they have to be very careful not to reveal the truth to anyone.
