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While traveling through Italy on an extended vacation Lilia Heriton (Prime Suspect's Helen Mirren falls for handsome Gino Carella (Fiorile's Giovanni Guidelli) and against the wishes of her family decides to stay in Monteriano. Dispatched by self-centered relatives to retrieve her brother-in-law Philip (Maurice's Rupert Graves) and chaperone Caroline Abbott (Corpse Bride's Helena Bonham Carter) discover startling news that will alter the course of two families forever. Based on the novel by E. M. Forster (Howards End A Room with a View) this insightful funny and sometimes tragic look at the collision of two different cultures fe
While traveling through Italy on an extended vacation Lilia Heriton (Prime Suspect's Helen Mirren falls for handsome Gino Carella (Fiorile's Giovanni Guidelli) and against the wishes of her family decides to stay in Monteriano. Dispatched by self-centered relatives to retrieve her brother-in-law Philip (Maurice's Rupert Graves) and chaperone Caroline Abbott (Corpse Bride's Helena Bonham Carter) discover startling news that will alter the course of two families forever. Based on the novel by E. M. Forster (Howards End A Room with a View) this insightful funny and sometimes tragic look at the collision of two different cultures features astonishingly beautiful scenery a haunting score by Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman (Emma) and a memorable supporting turn by Emmy-winner Judy Davis (Barton Fink).SPECIAL FEATURES:TrailerSystem Requirements:Running Time: 112:02 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG UPC: 014381138726 Manufacturer No: ID1387LIDVD
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Where Angels Fear to Tread is a Merchant/Ivory production in all but name. Lilia (Helen Mirren, in fine form) is a wealthy widow on holiday in rural Italy with her companion Caroline (a dressed-down Helena Bonham Carter) when she falls for penniless local Gino (Giovanni Guidelli). Her horrified relatives promptly dispatch brother-in-law Philip (Rupert Graves) to break things up, but he's too late--she's already married and, in short order, gives birth to a child. Unfortunately, a happy ending is not to be (not for Lilia, at any rate). As with Maurice (Graves) and Howard's End (Bonham Carter), the author is E.M. Forster, but the director is Charles Sturridge (Brideshead Revisited) and, unlike Room with a View (which featured both actors), the tone is tragic rather than romantic. Another Forster vet, Judy Davis (A Passage to India), plays Lilia's sister-in-law, Harriet, while Oscar winner Rachel Portman composed the enchanting score. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Release date: 7 November 2006
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0014381138726 UPC: 014381138726
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