Released:
1997-09-04

Overview:
Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.

Director:
Iain Softley

Runtime:
1h 42min

Genre:
Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Helena Bonham Carter
  as
  Kate Croy
• 
  Linus Roache
  as
  Merton Densher
• 
  Alison Elliott
  as
  Millie Theale
• 
  Elizabeth McGovern
  as
  Susan Stringham
• 
  Charlotte Rampling
  as
  Aunt Maude