Father Michael McKinnon (Kenneth Branagh) arrives in 1930s Boston from the UK to join the priesthood at St. Jude's, and is oddly intent on avoiding contact with his most prominent parishioners, wealthy lawyer Arthur Barret (William Hurt) and wife Eleanor (Madeleine Stowe), a racy proto-feminist writer. Arthur adores Eleanor, and is devastated when their plans to raise a family are quashed by his infertility. Rejecting adoption because she's determined to experience pregnancy, free-thinking Eleanor suggests drastic action. They will pay law student Roger Martin (Neil... Patrick Harris) $25,000 in hush money if he'll agree to impregnate her, then raise the child as their own. Trouble is, during his faux-conjugal visits, Roger falls in love with her for real. The priest also has a crisis of faith and conscience as he too starts to fall for Eleanor. Set against the stunning backdrop of a New England autumn, the colourful plot is grounded by Hurt's reliable dramatic conviction as a man of dignity, reserve and intelligence who is also consumed by great passion and fiery rage. [show more]
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William Hurt and Kenneth Branagh star in this romantic drama directed by Lesli Linka Glatter. Wealthy but impotent businessman Arthur Barret (Hurt) employs Roger Martin (Neil Patrick Harris) to perform the one task he cannot do: impregnate his wife, Eleanor (Madeleine Stowe). Roger and Eleanor fall in love, however, and Barret threatens to kill Roger if he returns to the house. When Eleanor discovers Roger's body in a pauper's graveyard, she believes that Barret has had him killed. Barret's nephew, Father McKinnon (Branagh), teams up with Eleanor to uncover the truth.
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