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THE HOUSE OF MIRTH
Starring Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Anthony LaPaglia
Directed Terrence Davies
Rating TBA
Running Time 140 minutes
Lily Bart (Gillian Anderson) is a ravishing socialite at the height of her success who quickly discovers the precariousness of her position when her beauty and charm start attracting unwelcome interest and jealousy. Torn between her heart and her head, Lily always seems to do the right thing at the wrong time. She seeks a wealthy husband and in trying to conform to social expectations, she misses her chance for real love with Lawrence (Eric Stoltz). Her quest for a husband comes to a scandalous end when she is falsely accused of having an affair with a married man and is rejected by society and her friends.
Based on the classic novel from Edith Wharton (The Age Of Innocence), for which she was the first woman to win The Pulitzer Prize, The House Of Mirth, alike other films based on enduring novels; Portrait Of A Lady, Wings Of the Dove and Howard's End, captures the essence of the time in meticulous style. The House Of Mirth, written in 1905 by American author Edith Wharton, was a novel of manners that analysed the stratified society in which she had been reared and its reaction to social change. The book won her critical acclaim and a wider audience.
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