But the true success of the film lies in the actors abilities to show the true emotion and change that takes place around them and in them during the course of the tale. The lead characters all take on a social conscience that grows with their love for each other to an understanding of the different worlds that lived together in this time of radical change. This is social commentary and a love story, the struggle of workers and masters/managers as well as the misunderstanding of the intellectuals that forms a triangle in the film that is still alive today. But Elizabeth Gaskell's work on which the film is based is far more than a mere period romance. I was flipping through channels and thought I was going to be tuning into the American version based on the John Jakes novels. North and South took me completely by surprise when it was aired on BBC America.
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