On their enormous country estate, James Wilby and Kristin Scott Thomas live the life of leisure and riches in the early 1930s. While Miss Thomas is in the city with her lover, their young son dies in a hunting accident. Miss Thomas asks for a divorce.
It's another example of what I call the 'suffering in mink' tearjerker; Wilby is a perfectly decent if dull fellow who wouldn't do anything wrong, and even botches an attempt to allow Miss Thomas divorce him for cause. Derived from the novel by Evelyn Waugh, it offers some snide commentary, but I can't bring myself to have any sympathy for anyone involved.
It does boast some great location shooting on the Duke of Norfolk's estate, magnificent costuming, and a great cast that includes Anjelica Huston, Rupert Graves, Judi Dench, Pip Torrens, Stephen Fry, and Alec Guinness. But it's definitely not my cup of tea.
It's another example of what I call the 'suffering in mink' tearjerker; Wilby is a perfectly decent if dull fellow who wouldn't do anything wrong, and even botches an attempt to allow Miss Thomas divorce him for cause. Derived from the novel by Evelyn Waugh, it offers some snide commentary, but I can't bring myself to have any sympathy for anyone involved.
It does boast some great location shooting on the Duke of Norfolk's estate, magnificent costuming, and a great cast that includes Anjelica Huston, Rupert Graves, Judi Dench, Pip Torrens, Stephen Fry, and Alec Guinness. But it's definitely not my cup of tea.