Movie Description:
Adam Bede is an honest, hard working carpenter with his heart set on marrying his sweetheart, the pretty dairymaid Hetty Sorrel. But Hetty isvain and materialistic and wants nothing to do with her boring life on the farm. When Arthur Donnithorne, the heir toa local estate, begins tonotice Hetty, it is not long before she allows herself to be seduced by him. When Adam finds out, he shames Donnithorne into leaving the village,but it is too late. Hetty is already pregnant from her ill fated dalliance. Defying Adam`s concerns, Hetty sets off alone in pursuit of her formerlover. Eventually, destitute and exhausted, she gives birth to a premature baby and then, overcome by despair, abandons it. Can there besalvation for poor Hetty?