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Up at the Villa is a 2000 romantic drama film directed by Philip Haas and starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Derek Jacobi, and Sean Penn. It is based on the 1941 novella Up at the Villa by W. Somerset Maugham .
May 19, 2000 · Up at the Villa: Directed by Philip Haas. With Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, James Fox. A widow finds choosing a new husband might not be her choice at all, as the actions of her various prospects confine her freedom.
May 5, 2000 · Philip Haas' "Up at the Villa" is based on Maugham's novella about a group of British expats in Florence, enjoying their last days of mannered sloth before the outbreak of World War II.
Up at the Villa. Surrounded by the lush countryside of Italy, Mary Panton (Kristin Scott Thomas), a middle-aged and once-affluent widow, seems to have her financial future secured again when...
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Up at the Villa is a 1941 novella by William Somerset Maugham about a young widow caught among three men: her suitor, her one-night stand, and her confidant. A fast-paced story, Up at the Villa incorporates elements of the crime and suspense novel.
Over a handful of days in 1938, a penniless English widow, on vacation near Florence, Italy, considers the marriage proposal of an aging British aristocrat who is the newly-appointed Governor of Bengal, accepts a pistol that he presses on her for safety, takes pity on an Austrian refugee, stands up to a fascist Police Chief, and gets in harm's ...
May 5, 2000 · Up At The Villa. PG-13, 1 hr 55 min. Set in 1938, a young British widow (Kristin Scott Thomas) visits a villa in Florence where she's soon embroiled in intrigue, romance, politics, and death. An American confidante, played by Sean Penn, provides the romantic interest; based on the novella by Somerset Maugham. GENRE: Drama.
