An impoverished woman who has been forced to choose between a privileged life with her wealthy aunt and her journalist lover, befriends an American heiress. When she discovers the heiress is attracted to her own lover and is dying, she sees a chance to have both the privileged life she cannot give up and the lover she cannot live without.
What is interesting to me is how great an actress Helena Bonham Carter has been, apparently since the beginning. She did not really come to my attention until "Fight Club" (and then even barely) or the films of Tim Burton. But she had been doing great period pieces for a while. This film narrowly predates "Fight Club", and if I had been someone who followed the Oscars at the time, I would have taken more notice.
That is the beginning and end of this -- a showcase for Bonham Carter. Not that it is a bad film, but it is not terribly remarkable and already largely forgotten.
What is interesting to me is how great an actress Helena Bonham Carter has been, apparently since the beginning. She did not really come to my attention until "Fight Club" (and then even barely) or the films of Tim Burton. But she had been doing great period pieces for a while. This film narrowly predates "Fight Club", and if I had been someone who followed the Oscars at the time, I would have taken more notice.
That is the beginning and end of this -- a showcase for Bonham Carter. Not that it is a bad film, but it is not terribly remarkable and already largely forgotten.