UK film (1996) directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Kate Winslet as Sue Bridehead, and Christopher Eccleston as Jude Fawley. This film adaptation of Thomas Hardy's tragic 'JUDE THE OBSCURE' tells the story of the eponymous man, who as an English lad found a mentor in a schoolmaster named Phillotson. Years later, after he's been married and abandoned by his wife, Jude meets his independent cousin Sue and falls in love. He introduces her to Phillotson, who becomes smitten as well. A love triangle follows that will change their lives forever.