'' Trishna '' is a 2011 British-Swedish-Indian drama film , written and directed by Michael Winterbottom , and starring Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed . The story is a loose adaptation of Thomas Hardy 's novel '' Tess of the d'Urbervilles '' . It is Winterbottom 's third Hardy adaptation , after '' Jude '' and '' The Claim '' . The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2011 , and after some further festival appearances it saw its first cinema release in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 9 March 2012
Toronto International Film Festival
2011 Toronto International Film Festival
Trishna (2011 film)