Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

2004 · 141 min · EN · PG-13 · 5.8 (316 votes)
Dir. Mira Nair · Starring Reese Witherspoon, Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Romola Garai, Bob Hoskins · Music Mychael Danna

On September 1st, a heroine will rise.

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Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A mere ascension into the heights of society is simply not enough. So Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne whose whims enable Becky to realise her dreams. But is the ultimate cost too high for her?

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A lavish and witty journey through Regency England's high society. It's a tale of fierce ambition and romantic entanglements, where charm and cunning are the ultimate currency. Feel the thrill of social ascent and the sting of its consequences.

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