The Portrait of a Lady (film)

Infobox Film
name = The Portrait of a Lady


caption = Theatrical release poster
imdb_id = 0117364
writer = Laura Jones
starring = Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich
director = Jane Campion
producer =
distributor = Gramercy Pictures (US theatrical)
released = flagicon|Italy 28 August, 1996 (premiere at VFF)
flagicon|United States 24 December, 1996
flagicon|Australia February 6, 1997
flagicon|UK 28 February, 1997
runtime = 142 mins.
country = UK
USA
language = English
Italian
music = Wojciech Kilar
awards =
budget = |

"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.

ynopsis

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.

Awards

The film was released in 1996 and won several awards for costuming, screenplay, as well as acting awards for Hershey and Donovan. [http://imdb.com/title/tt0117364/awards]

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