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Up at the Villa (2000) starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft and directed by Philip Haas. Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this tale of death, seduction, blackmail, and theft amongst British and Americans in Florence, Italy in the turbulent days just before World War II.
Jul 1, 2001 · 'Up at the Villa' should be seen for many reasons. One, its not often that an unsung movie of this calibre shows up. Second, the performances of all the female leads are outstanding, and third, the screenplay is the best I have ever witnessed the whole of this year. This is story telling at its' masterful best, and it should not be missed.
Up at the Villa is a 2000 British film directed by Philip Haas, based on the 1941 novella Up at the Villa by W. Somerset Maugham. The movie stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Derek Jacobi, and Sean Penn. In the film, subplots were added to expand the material to feature film length, which some reviewers criticised.
Up at the Villa A beautiful yet penniless English woman vacationing in Florence in 1938, must choose between suitors as a means of survival, but she cannot help but long for financial independence. IMDb 6.0 1 h 55 min 2000
Up At the Villa In 1938, a penniless English widow, on vacation near Florence, considers the marriage proposal of an aging British aristocrat and newly appointed governor of Bengal, takes pity on an Austrian refugee, stands up to a Fascist police chief, and gets in harm's way with an American playboy.
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While up at a villa one lives, I maintain it, no more than a beast. 3 Well now, look at our villa! stuck like the horn of a bull Just on a mountain-edge as bare as the creature's skull, Save a mere shag of a bush with hardly a leaf to pull! --I scratch my own, sometimes, to see if the hair's turned wool. 4
