This modern adaptation of Dickens' classic coming of age story sees the young and naïve Finn (Ethan Hawke), who falls in love with Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow), a girl raised with the strict intention of breaking men's hearts.
Finn is a poor orphan living in a Florida fishing village who is haunted by memories of Estella, a young girl he knew as a child.
When he is grown up and living in New York, having become a successful painter, Estella reappears in his life and Finn falls deeply in love, knowing all the while that it is a feeling that can never be returned.
Great Expectations is a Film programme that first aired in 1998 and has been classified a 15 certificate.
