The Wings of the Dove

The Wings of the Dove

1997 · 102 min · EN · R · 6.6 (101 votes)
Dir. Iain Softley · Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott, Elizabeth McGovern, Charlotte Rampling, Alex Jennings · Music Edward Shearmur

A couple with everything but money. An heiress with everything but love. A temptation no one could resist.

DramaRomance

Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.

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A lush, melancholic romance steeped in the suffocating politeness of Edwardian England. It's a slow, elegant burn, exploring the cruelties of class and the desperate measures taken for love and money.

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