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Date: September 16th in NY, 9/23 in LA, 10/07 Expansion
Distributor: Lion's Gate Films
Film Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: United Kingdom
Director(s): Mike Barker
Screenwriter(s): Howard Himelstein
Cast: Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson,
Stephen Campbell Moore, Mark Umbers, Diana Hardcastle
Official Site: Unavailable
Synopsis:
Set in the 1930s on the beautiful Italian Riviera,
A GOOD WOMAN is an elegant, witty, romantic comedy based on Oscar
Wilde’s “Lady Windermere’s Fan.”
A young couple’s marriage
is put in jeopardy by high-society gossip of an affair blossoming.
Robert Windermere (Mark Umbers) is accused with providing a secret
allowance for Mrs. Erlynne (Helen Hunt), a vampish older woman
of ill repute, whilst his wife Meg Windermere (Scarlett Johansson),
courts the attention of Lord Darlington (Stephen Campbell Moore),
a notorious playboy.
Mrs. Erlynne’s arrival on
the Amalfi coast draws the attention of all men on the Riviera,
in particular that of Lord Augustus “Tuppy” (Tom Wilkinson),
who proposes to her at his first opportunity.
Events boil to the surface at
Meg’s 21st birthday party, forcing Meg to abandon her party
with the intention of eloping with the predatory Lord Darlington.
When the truth begins to emerge, it becomes apparent that the
rumors of affairs were mere hearsay, but a darker secret of family
ties lies beneath them. Mrs. Erlynne sacrifices her chance of
a happy marriage to Lord Augusts to allow Meg the opportunity
to escape from her mistake of running away with Lord Darlington.
Happily reunited with her husband,
Meg confesses her sins to Tuppy, thereby clearing Mrs. Erlynne’s
name. He chases after her, catching up with her on her departing
plan and gains forgiveness. Only Lord Darlington is left with
the wind briefly knocking out of his sails.
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