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The Portrait of a Lady is a 1996 British-American film directed by Jane Campion and adapted by Laura Jones from Henry James' 1881 novel of the same name.
Jan 17, 1997 · With Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary-Louise Parker. An American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare.
In conclusion, The Portrait of a Lady is a resplendent film from New Zealand's phenomenal lady director Jane Campion. I hope viewers give it another chance all these years...
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The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest.
Isabel Archer, an American heiress and free thinker travels to Europe to find herself. She tactfully rebuffs the advances of Caspar Goodwood, another American who has followed her to England. Her cousin, Ralph Touchett, wise but sickly becomes a soulmate of sorts for her.
Jan 17, 1997 · Isabel Archer, the heroine of "The Portrait of a Lady,'' is one of his most loved and tragic characters; everything she does is inspired by idealism, and leads to heartbreak and ruin. In Jane Campion's film of the James novel, we meet Isabel (Nicole Kidman) at what could have been the defining
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