<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> £ 12 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $30.2 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Far from the Madding Crowd is a 2015 British romantic drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge and Juno Temple . It is an adaptation of the 1874 novel of the same name by Thomas Hardy, the fourth time this novel has been filmed . </P> <P> In 1870 Victorian England, Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) is working on her aunt's farm in Dorset . Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a new neighbour, sees Bathsheba riding her horse and falls in love with her . He proposes, but the headstrong Bathsheba declines, saying she is too independent and he would grow to despise her . One night a new sheepdog chases Gabriel's entire flock off a cliff . He settles his debts and is left penniless . He leaves in search of work . In contrast, Bathsheba inherits a farm from her uncle and leaves to take charge of it . </P>

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