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    Up at the Villa

    PG-132000 · Drama · 1h 54m

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  1. 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.

    • 5 May 2000
  2. 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.

    • (2.8K)
    • Drama, Romance
    • Philip Haas
    • 2000-05-19
  3. May 5, 2000 · A movie based on Somerset Maugham's novella about a group of British expats in Florence before World War II. Roger Ebert praises the elegance and manners of the characters, especially Kristin Scott Thomas as Mary Panton, who faces a dilemma between security and love.

  4. May 5, 2000 · 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 she attracts the notice...

    • (60)
    • Philip Haas
    • PG-13
    • Kristin Scott Thomas
  5. Film version. The novella was adapted as the 2000 film Up at the Villa, directed by Philip Haas. The movie starred Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Derek Jacobi, and Sean Penn. In the film, subplots were added to expand the material to feature film length, which reviewers and cinemagoers criticised.

    • W. Somerset Maugham
    • United Kingdom
    • 1941
    • English
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  7. 1 hr 55 mins. Drama. PG13. Watchlist. W. Somerset Maugham's 1941 novella comes to life in this drama about a penniless British widow (Kristin Scott Thomas) who contemplates a diplomat's wedding...

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