The Golden Bowl
From the novel by Henry James
Adam Verver, a US billionaire in London, dotes on daughter Maggie. An impecunious Italian, Prince Amerigo, marries her even though her best friend, Charlotte Stant, is his lover. She and Amerigo keep this secret from Maggie, so Maggie interests her widowed father in Charlotte, who is happy with the match because she wants to be close to Amerigo. Charlotte desires him, the lovers risk discovery, Amerigo longs for Italy, Maggie wants to spare her father's pain, and Adam wants to return to America to build a museum. Amidst lies and artifice, what fate awaits adulterers?
- Year : 2000
- Country : United Kingdom, United States of America, France
- Genre : Romance, Drama
- Studio : TF1 International, Merchant Ivory Productions
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- Director : James Ivory
- Cast : Kate Beckinsale, Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam, Nick Nolte, Anjelica Huston, James Fox