The Age of Innocence
“In a world of tradition. In an age of innocence. They dared to break the rules.”
DramaRomance
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
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This film is an exquisite, melancholic waltz through 19th-century high society. It feels like a beautiful, repressed sigh, drenched in opulent detail and unspoken longing. The quiet heartbreak of duty clashing with profound desire lingers long after the credits.
elegantmelancholicrepressedopulentheartbreakingslow-burnlavish period dramasumptuous cinematographyliterary adaptationromantic tragedysocietal constraintsunrequited loveduty vs. desireclassreputation
infidelitynew york citybased on novel or bookupper classlovercountesslawyer19th century
