Cynthia Nixon plays the role of Emily Dickinson in Terence Davies’s biopic A Quiet Passion, which explores the nineteenth-century poet’s relationships and writing life. The film, also starring Keith Carradine and Jennifer Ehle, premiered at the 2016 Berlin Film Festival.
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