USA / UK,
1997, 101 min
Directed by:
Iain SoftleyScreenplay:
Hossein AminiCinematography:
Eduardo SerraComposer:
Edward ShearmurCast:
Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Gambon, Ben Miles, Alison Elliott, Elizabeth McGovern, Diana Kent, Alex Jennings (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Helena Bonham Carter stars as Kate, a beautiful young society woman whose desire for a common journalist (Linus Roache) presents her with an impossible decision: leave him, or marry -- and face a life of poverty. Events take an unexpected twist, however, when Kate befriends a lonely young heiress (Alison Elliott) whose own tragic secret offers an irresistible ... but dangerous ... solution. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Helena Bonham Carter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/810/164810600_08af55.jpg)
Helena Bonham Carter
UK
Best movies:
Fight Club (1999)
The King's Speech (2010)
One Life (2023)
![Linus Roache](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/408/161408936_232f6d.jpg)
Linus Roache
UK
Best movies:
Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - a.f.
Priest (1994)
![Charlotte Rampling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/029/162029687_095b16.png)
Charlotte Rampling
UK
Best movies:
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Dune: Part One (2021)
The Damned (1969)
![Michael Gambon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/089/168089247_xr2eyl.jpg)
Michael Gambon
Ireland
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![Ben Miles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/009/169009431_77umjw.jpg)
Ben Miles
UK
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Prime Suspect 6 (2003) (TV movie)
The Promise (2011) (series)
![Alison Elliott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268791_efd7ba.jpg)
Alison Elliott
USA
Best movies:
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV movie)
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
![Elizabeth McGovern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/222/162222750_1c4443.png)
Elizabeth McGovern
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Ordinary People (1980)
Kick-Ass (2010)
![Diana Kent](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/616/161616180_c7f262.jpg)
Diana Kent
Best movies:
Billy Elliot (2000)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
![Alex Jennings](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307287_bf845e.gif)
Alex Jennings
UK
Best movies:
Cranford (2007) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Babel (2006)
![Philip Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/427/164427057_ff8810.jpg)
Philip Wright
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Prime Suspect 3 (1993) (TV movie)
Prime Suspect 2 (1992) (TV movie)