The Portrait of a Lady (film)

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The Portrait of a Lady

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jane Campion
Written by Laura Jones
Starring Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich
Music by Wojciech Kilar
Distributed by Gramercy Pictures (US theatrical)
Release date(s) Flag of Italy 28 August 1996 (premiere at VFF)
Flag of the United States 24 December 1996
Flag of Australia February 6, 1997
Flag of the United Kingdom 28 February 1997
Running time 142 mins.
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Italian
IMDb profile

The Portrait of a Lady is a 1996 film adaptation of Henry James's novel The Portrait of a Lady directed by Jane Campion.

The film stars Nicole Kidman, Barbara Hershey, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Donovan, Shelley Duvall, Richard E. Grant, Shelley Winters, Viggo Mortensen, Valentina Cervi, Christian Bale, and John Gielgud.

[edit] Synopsis

The film tells the story of Isabel Archer (Kidman), a young woman of independent means whose innocence ultimately sees her manipulated by her 'friend' Madame Merle (Hershey) and the devious Gilbert Osmond (Malkovich).

The film is relatively faithful to the novel but caused controversy with an interpolated dream sequence in which Isabel has an erotic fantasy involving all of her suitors.

[edit] Awards

The film was released in 1996 and won several awards for costuming, screenplay, as well as acting awards for Hershey and Donovan.[1]


[edit] External links

The Portrait of a Lady (film) at the Internet Movie Database

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