What a sweet
and lovely little movie! I had forgotten
how much I liked it, 35 years ago. Set
mostly in a pre-WW1 England, with glimpses of Florence, this is the perfect balm
for the modern, much buffeted, soul. It
is quite unapologetically a feel-good love story, staring two very appealing
people – Helena Bonham-Carter and George Sands – both of whom went on to
successful, if not blockbuster, acting careers.
Maggie Smith and Judi Dench add their usual touch of elegance, and
Daniel Day Lewis plays to perfection a character one tends to despise. All the rest of the cast, although less
important, carry off their roles with style and grace.
This is a
Merchant-Ivory film, shot in the English province of Kent and, of course,
Florence, Italy. Miraculously, the
critics liked it. Maggie Smith, Judi
Dench, and the movie itself won Oscars; there were many more nominations.
Again, the
plot is too complicated to summarize, but I don’t need to try – because you are
going to hustle out and watch it yourself.
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