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Synopsis: Kate Croy's mother was born to wealth and privilege, but she threw it all away to marry Kate's father, a penniless opium addict who admits to having stolen from his wife. After her mother's death, Kate is offered an opportunity to return to the life her mother gave up. There is a condition, however: Kate must sever all of her old ties, not only to her father, but also to her lover, the muck-raking journalist Merton Densher, whom she has promised marriage. Kate reluctantly agrees to this, and in the meantime becomes friendly with "the world's richest orphan," Millie Theale, an American making the Grand Tour. Desperate to see Kate, Merton crashes a party that she and Millie are attending, and Millie is attracted to him. When Kate learns that Millie is dying, she comes up with a plan to have her cake and eat it too...but all does not go as planned.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Iain Softley
Production: Miramax
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 28 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
1997
102 min
654 Views


You knew he'd go to her.

And what about all your plans ?

l was scared of losing you.

This is for you.

Open it.

- lt's addressed to you.

- lt's from Milly.

- Aren't you interested

to know what it says ?

- l know what it says.

- She's made you rich.

- Take it.

lt's your prize.

Why did you give me the letter ?

l wanted to see what you'd do.

You'll still get her money.

Burning a letter

doesn't change that.

No.

l'm going to write

to her lawyers.

You want me to persuade you

to keep her money.

ls that what you want ?

l'll never take her money.

l love you, Kate.

l love you too.

What are you thinking about ?

You're still in love with her.

l was never in love with her.

While she was alive, no.

l'm sorry, Kate.

l'm so sorry.

lt doesn't matter.

lt doesn't matter.

She wanted us to be together.

We will be.

l'm going to write

that letter.

Do whatever you want.

l want to marry you, Kate,

without her money.

ls that your condition ?

Yes.

Am l allowed one too ?

Of course you are.

Give me...

your word of honour--

your word of honour...

that you're not in love...

with her memory.

Milly ! Milly !

Come closer. Come closer.

l believe in you. l just do.

l have a good feeling.

l think everything's going to happen

for you, Merton, sooner than you think.

With certain people, l know.

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Hossein Amini

Hossein Amini (Persian: حسین امینی‎; born 18 January 1966) is a British-Iranian screenwriter and film director. Amini has worked as a screenwriter since the early 1990s. He was nominated for numerous awards for the 1997 film The Wings of the Dove, including an Academy Award for Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay. He also won a "Best Adapted Screenplay" award from the Austin Film Critics Association for his screenplay adaptation of Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive (2011), based on the novel by James Sallis. For his directorial debut, he both wrote and directed The Two Faces of January, an adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel. more…

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