Adapted from Edith Wharton’s classic novel, Terence Davies’ BAFTA-nominated drama features an acclaimed performance by Gillian Anderson as a young woman looking to make a good marriage, drawn into a downward spiral when her honour and her love for another prevent her from accepting the advances of a wealthy banker.
The film proved Davies a master of period filmmaking and literary adaptation, and deserves to be regarded as one of the best British features of its era.
The House of Mirth is newly remastered by the BFI and part of the BFI’s celebration of Terence Davies’s career running in October and November.
Credits
UK 2000
140min
Certificate 12A
DCP
Dir Terence Davies
With Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Laura Linney, Dan Aykroyd, Jodhi May