
Society scion Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland, but his well-ordered life is upset when he meets May's unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. At first, Newland becomes a defender of the Countess, whose separation from her abusive husband makes her a social outcast in the restrictive high society of late-19th Century New York, but he finds in her a companion spirit and they fall in love.
Jonathan PryceRivi?re
Catherine Scorsese(uncredited)
Miriam MargolyesMrs. Mingott
Winona RyderMay Welland
Martin ScorsesePhotographer (uncredited)Originally to be released in fall of 1992, but was held back by over a year to allow director Martin Scorsese more time to edit.
Ellen Olenska:
I think we should look at reality, not dreams.
Newland Archer:
I just want us to be together!
Ellen Olenska:
I can't be your wife, Newland! Is it your idea that I should live with you as your mistress?
Newland Archer:
I want... Somehow, I want to get away with you... and... and find a world where words like that don't exist!
Anachronisms: When Ellen declares her love to Newland, on the wall behind her can be seen the painting "The Art, the Caresses, the Sphynx" that was painted by Fernand Khnoppf in 1896. The movie is set in the 1870s.
(Opera)
Written by Charles Gounod
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