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Up at the Villa is a film of genre Drama directed by Philip Haas released in USA on 5 may 2000 with Kristin Scott Thomas
Up at the Villa (2000)
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Add to a movie listUp at the Villa is a 1941 novella by William Somerset Maugham about a young widow caught among three men: her suitor, her one-night stand, and her confidant. A fast-paced story, Up at the Villa incorporates elements of the crime and suspense novel.
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The action takes place in the late 1930s. 30-year-old Mary Panton, whose extraordinary beauty has always been one of her greatest assets, has been a widow for one year. Her late husband Matthew, whom she married at 21 because she loved him, turned out to be an alcoholic, a gambler, a womaniser, and a wife-beater. Mary endures all the hardship and pain inflicted on her by her husband (including his having sex with her while drunk). When he drinks and drives, he has a car accident. A few hours later, he dies in Mary's arms. This, she concludes, is a blessing for both of them.Actors
Kristin Scott Thomas
(Mary Panton)
Sean Penn
(Rowley Flint)
Anne Bancroft
(Princess San Ferdinando)
James Fox
(Sir Edgar Swift)
Jeremy Davies
(Karl Richter)
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