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The Heiress

The Heiress

1949 · 115 min · EN · NR · 7.8 (292 votes)
Dir. William Wyler · Starring Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, Vanessa Brown, Mona Freeman · Music Aaron Copland

“A truly great motion picture.”

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In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.

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A suffocatingly elegant, yet deeply sad, portrait of a woman trapped by societal expectations and her father's coldness. It feels like watching a gilded cage slowly tighten, with every polite conversation masking a deeper cruelty.

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