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www.channel4.com - : A beautiful but rather dull adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's 1930s tale of marital strife among the aristocracy. Scott Thomas is the society wife who escapes a stifling marriage to Wilby and life on a beautifully preserved gothic estate by tumbling into an affair with a handsome stranger (Rupert Graves). The marriage cracks under the strain of her infidelities and of a subsequent tragedy. Director Sturridge evokes a pleasing period feel, but although it is the sort of thing the British film industry does well, this has a starchy, cold feel which makes it hard to empathize with or care about the self-centred characters. more...
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