Nicole Kidman is Isabel Archer a young woman of daring independence and equally fierce desires. But her headstrong innocence is no match for the manipulations of her duplicitous friend Madame Merle (Barbara Hershey in an Oscar-nominated performance) and the devious Gilbert Osmond (John Malkovich). Adapted from the novel by Henry James.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play United Kingdom released PALRegion 24 DVD LANGUAGES English ( Dolby Digital 51 ) French ( Dolby Digital 51 ) Italian ( Dolby Digital 20 ) Spanish ( Dolby Digital 20 ) Dutch ( Subtitles ) English ( Subtitles ) French ( Subtitles ) Italian ( Subtitles ) Portuguese ( Subtitles ) Spanish ( Subtitles ) ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1851) SPECIAL FEATURES Documentary Interactive Menu Production Notes Scene Access Trailer(s) SYNOPSIS Jane Campion directed this expressive adaptation of the classic novel by Henry James Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman) is a young American woman who after the death of her parents has been sent to England to visit relatives While her family&39;s tragedy has left her penniless Isabel&39;s beauty has earned her the attentions of a number of eligible men When Isabel turns down a proposal of marriage from the wealthy Lord Warburton (Richard E Grant) because she does not love him her cousin Ralph (Martin Donovan) who is also smitten with her arranges for his father to leave her a fortune before succumbing to tuberculosis so that she may live as an independent woman Isabel takes a tour of Europe where she meets Madame Merle (Barbara Hershey) a jaded sophisticate and matchmaker who introduces her to Gilbert Osmond (John Malkovich) a widowed American artist living abroad Isabel falls in love with Gilbert and they marry but his sloth and opportunism soon begin to wear on her and three years later she is desperate to get out of their relationship The Portrait of a Lady also stars John Gielgud Mary-Louise Parker Christian Bale and Shelley Winters SCREENEDAWARDED AT Golden Globes Oscar Academy Awards Portrait Of A Lady
Jane Campion directs this adaptation of the Henry James novel. Independent woman Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman) refuses two suitors, Lord Warburton (Richard E. Grant) and Caspar Goodwood (Viggo Mortensen), when they propose marriage. Instead she travels to Florence, where family friend Madame Merle introduces her to Gilbert Osmond (John Malkovich) and his daughter Pansy. Soon Isabel finds herself falling for the mysterious Osmond. They are engaged to be married within three months, but much unhappiness lies ahead.
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