Based on the novel by Edith Wharton (1st ed. 1905).
A beautiful young woman is in love with a young lawyer but would rather find a rich man to marry. She falls out of favor of society by several imprudent actions, and her unwillingness to compromise her principles.
A truly well-made film with an intelligent text behind it (I say this even without having read the novel). All the performances are very adequate and profissional. Perhaps, in this short and clearly insufficient notes, it would be nice to point out that the author seems to have eschewed strict realism (in the sense of an "average" situation) in favor of a study of a worst-case scenario. In a discussion on the Internet Movie Database, a fellow identified as rdconger points out some similarities between Madame Bovary and The House of Mirth . An antagonist, one theninthgate , points out some differences between Lily and Emma. I think it is fair to read The House of Mirth as a critique or updating of Madame Bovary.
Rating: 74
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