Great Expectations

In an overgrown churchyard a grizzled convict springs upon an orphan named Pip. The convict terrifies the young boy and threatens to kill him unless Pip helps further his escape. Later Pip finds himself in the ruined garden where he meets the bitter and crazy Miss Havisham and her foster child Estella with whom he immediately falls in love. After a secret benefactor gives him a fortune Pip moves to London where he cultivates great expectations for a life which would allow him to discard his impoverished beginnings and socialize with the idle upper class. As Pip struggles to become a gentleman and is tormented endlessly by the beautiful Estella he slowly learns the truth about himself and his illusions.