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The Wings of the Dove (1997)

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Iain Softley
  • Profile picture of Helena Bonham Carter
    Kate Croy Helena Bonham Carter
  • Profile picture of Linus Roache
    Merton Densher Linus Roache
  • Profile picture of Alison Elliott
    Millie Theale Alison Elliott
  • Profile picture of Elizabeth McGovern
    Susan Stringham Elizabeth McGovern
  • Profile picture of Charlotte Rampling
    Aunt Maude Charlotte Rampling
  • Profile picture of Alex Jennings
    Lord Mark Alex Jennings
  • Profile picture of Michael Gambon
    Lionel Croy Michael Gambon
  • Profile picture of Ben Miles
    Journalist 1 Ben Miles

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Keywords

  • london, england
  • based on novel or book
  • venice, italy
  • love triangle
  • masked ball
  • gondola
  • forbidden love
  • man between two women
  • unrequited love
  • inheritance
  • british high society
  • dying woman
  • dying young
  • privileged life
  • 1910s
  • classism
  • period piece
  • influential aunt or uncle