Synopsis
An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist's son and marries him, against her straitlaced family's wishes.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
30 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles SturridgeDirector
- Charles SturridgeScreenplay
- Tim SullivanScreenplay
- Derek GrangerScreenplay
- Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rupert GravesPhilip Herriton
- Helen MirrenLilia Herriton
- Helena Bonham CarterCaroline Abbott
- Barbara JeffordMrs. Herriton
- Judy DavisHarriet Herriton
- Thomas WheatleyMr. Kingcroft
- Sophie KullmannIrma
- Vass AndersonMr. Abbott
- Sylvia BarterMrs. Theobald
- Eileen DaviesEthel
- Siria BettiHotel-Keeper
- Giovanni GuidelliGino Carella
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookwidowmarriagetuscany, italyfamily disapproval1900scautionaryantagonisticauthoritariancondescendingdefiant