Academy Awards, USA 1993
| Winner Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role Emma Thompson |
| Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was not present at the awards ceremony. Co-presenters Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman accepted the award on her behalf. | |
| Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Luciana Arrighi Ian Whittaker | |
| Nominee Oscar | Best Picture Ismail Merchant |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role Vanessa Redgrave | |
| Best Director James Ivory | |
| Best Cinematography Tony Pierce-Roberts | |
| Best Costume Design Jenny Beavan John Bright | |
| Best Music, Original Score Richard Robbins |
Sony Pictures Classics
Directed by James Ivory
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Cohen Media Group)
A brief summer romance between a woman visiting a wealthy family and their son produces a hasty marriage proposal. It soon ends, but a friendship between the two matriarchs is rekindled when the wealthy family rents an apartment across the street in the city. The wealthier woman wills the summer estate to the other on her deathbed. Her husband refuses to recognise it, but falls in love with and eventually remarries the other woman. Meanwhile, a poor man and his wife with whom she and her daughter had taken up a friendship intrudes on their lives. Engrossing interplay between the various social classes of early 20th century Britain is strikingly photographed by Tony Pierce-Roberts. However, it occasionally devolves into melodrama, with Helena Bonham Carter's character particularly unlikeable and a distraction.
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