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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.
- $3.7 million
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
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.
- (12K)
- Drama, Romance
- Jane Campion
- 1997-01-17
Jan 17, 1997 · A film adaptation of Henry James's novel about Isabel Archer, a young American woman who marries a rich but lazy artist in Europe and faces heartbreak and ruin. The reviewer praises the film's acting, but criticizes its interpretation of the story and its feminism.
Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world,...
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- Jane Campion
- PG-13
- Nicole Kidman
Isabel Archer, an American heiress and free thinker travels to Europe to find herself. She tactfully rebuffs the advances of Caspar Goodwood, another American who has followed her to England. Her cousin, Ralph Touchett, wise but sickly becomes a soulmate of sorts for her.
The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest.
Portrait of a Lady. The story of a young American woman who is taken to Europe by her aunt after the death of her family and challenges the confines of her destiny on the hermetically closed American expatriate circuit in late 19th century Europe.
