Ivy

Ivy

1947 · 99 min · EN · NR · 7.2 (20 votes)
Dir. Sam Wood · Starring Joan Fontaine, Patric Knowles, Herbert Marshall, Richard Ney, Cedric Hardwicke, Lucile Watson · Music Daniele Amfitheatrof

Pity the men in her life!

DramaThriller

When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, and her lover, Dr. Roger. She then hatches a plan to get rid of them both.

VIBE

A suffocatingly proper world hides a simmering pot of desire and deceit. This period piece feels like a slow-motion unraveling, where every polite exchange carries the weight of unspoken threats and desperate schemes.

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