Maxim says he couldn’t divorce her because of the damage to his reputation, nor could he stand the idea of a child not of his bloodline inheriting his name and estate, so he shot and killed Rebecca then put her in a damaged boat which he sent out to sea. De Winter confronts her husband, who admits that he hated Rebecca – that she tormented him and cheated on him repeatedly and that finally, she came to him, telling him that she was pregnant with a child that wasn’t his. In the boat is the body of Rebecca – even though Maxim had previously identified another corpse as her first wife and buried her – and it looks like the boat has been tampered with. But a nearby shipwreck changes everything. De Winter is naive, innocent and guileless – or at least at first she is – and after the catastrophic ball is almost goaded into suicide by Danvers. De Winter learns, was vibrant, radiant and adored by all – she can’t possibly compete and every time she tries to do something nice for Maxim – like reviving the annual ball Rebecca used to hold – something goes wrong, usually orchestrated by Mrs. De Winter (we never discover her own name) to his stately mansion, Manderley, where they meet Mrs Danvers (Kristin Scott Thomas) the steely housekeeper who idolised Maxim’s first wife Rebecca. ![]() You’ll remember that Rebecca is the story of a young woman (Lily James) working as a lady’s companion, who meets handsome and affluent widower Maxim De Winter (Armie Hammer) and quickly becomes his second wife. As we point out in our review though, it works, and in part because Wheatley has hewn closer to the book in some respects but also added modern themes and sensibilities – particularly towards the end. ![]() Selznick and starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine – a film that would win the Oscar for Best Picture – makes it a particularly bold move. Taking on a new adaptation of a classic novel is daunting enough, but factoring in that the story was previously translated to the screen by Alfred Hitchcock, produced by David O. ![]() This article contains Netflix’s Rebecca spoilers.
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