Day-Lewis is engaged to Ryder but then falls for Pfeiffer's divorcee whose return to society is surrounded by gossip and scandal.
One of the most sumptuously designed and beautifully shot movies in years - although some of it does border on interior design porn, something Terence Davies' masterpiece The House of Mirth avoided.
Robert Sean Leonard, Sian Phillips and Jonathan Pryce also appear. Joanne Woodward narrates. And the final 15 minutes are heartbreaking!
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