Adam Verver, a US billionaire in London, dotes on daughter Maggie, an innocent abroad. An impecunious Italian, Prince Amerigo, marries her even though her best friend, Charlotte Stant, an alabaster beauty with brains, no money, and a practical and romantic nature, is his lover. She and Amerigo keep it secret from Maggie that they know each other, so Maggie interests her widowed father in Charlotte, who is happy with the match because she wants to be close to Amerigo. Charlotte desires him, the lovers risk discovery, Amerigo longs for Italy, Maggie wants to spare her father pain, and Adam wants to return to America to build a museum. Amidst lies and artifice, what fate awaits adulterers?

Starring:

Anjelica Huston, Arturo Venegas, James Fox, Jeremy Northam, Kate Beckinsale, Madeleine Potter, Mattia Sbragia, Neville Phillips, Nicholas Day, Nick Nolte, Nickolas Grace, Paul Bradley, Peter Eyre, Robin Hart, Stephen Hughes, Uma Thurman

Genre:

Drama, Romance