Klein Dorrit

Charles Dickens’ novel of the same name, published between 1855 and 1857, is the basis for this upbeat costume film. At the heart of the film is the Dorrit family: Honorable merchant William Dorrit ends up in a debtors’ prison after falling prey to intrigue, leaving his three adult children to make their way through life to a more or less precarious extent. The tide turns when ...