Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy. Bathsheba Everdene, attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love – as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance.
This movie contains 8 potentially triggering events.
A man shoots his young new herding dog after the dog drives his entire flock off a cliff. At the beginning of the movie (around 11 min mark). It shows the man and gun but the dog is off screen when the shot sounds.
The exact circumstances of the birth are not shown but a mother dies with her newborn baby. The birth is not depicted but their bodies are shown in a coffin after the fact.
The soldier love interest kisses and gropes Bathsheba (there isn't consent given or denied; she isn't really given a chance to do either) after saying "Now I will take this" and generally being a bit of a creep (lying and saying his sword won't hurt her because it's blunt; turns out it's super sharp and he just swung it at her like 5 times). The movie plays this off as being romantic.