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    The Portrait of a Lady

    PG-131996 · Drama · 2h 24m

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  1. The Portrait of a Lady is a 1996 British-American film directed by Jane Campion and adapted by Laura Jones from Henry James' 1881 novel of the same name. The film stars Nicole Kidman , Barbara Hershey , John Malkovich , Mary-Louise Parker , Martin Donovan , Shelley Duvall , Richard E. Grant , Shelley Winters , Viggo Mortensen , Valentina Cervi ...

  2. Jan 17, 1997 · With Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary-Louise Parker. An American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare.

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    • Drama, Romance
    • Jane Campion
    • 1997-01-17
  3. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way befriending a cynical intellectual (Barbara Hershey) and romancing an art enthusiast (John Malkovich). However, the ...

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    • Jane Campion
    • PG-13
    • Nicole Kidman
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  4. Jan 17, 1997 · In Jane Campion's film of the James novel, we meet Isabel (Nicole Kidman) at what could have been the defining moment of her life. Orphaned in America, she visits rich English relatives and receives a proposal of marriage from Lord Warburton ( Richard E. Grant ).

  5. The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who, "affronting her destiny," finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates.

    • Henry James
    • Houghton: 520, Macmillan: volume one, 266; volume two, 253; volume three, 248
    • 1881
    • 29 October 1881 (Houghton), 16 November 1881 (Macmillan)
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  7. Summaries. An American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare. Isabel Archer, an American heiress and free thinker travels to Europe to find herself. She tactfully rebuffs the advances of ...

  8. Film Details. Awards. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Read More. The tale of a young woman, Isabel Archer, who challenges the confines of her sheltered existence on the hermetically closed American expatriate circuit in late 19th century Europe.

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