The Golden Bowl
From the novel by Henry James
2000-05-14 | 130 minutes
Plot Summary
Adam Verver, a US billionaire in London, dotes on daughter Maggie. An impecunious Italian, Prince Amerigo, marries her even though her best friend, Charlotte Stant, is his lover. She and Amerigo keep this secret from Maggie, so Maggie interests her widowed father in Charlotte, who is happy with the match because she wants to be close to Amerigo. Charlotte desires him, the lovers risk discovery, Amerigo longs for Italy, Maggie wants to spare her father's pain, and Adam wants to return to America to build a museum. Amidst lies and artifice, what fate awaits adulterers?
Cast
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Kate BeckinsaleMaggie Verver
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Uma ThurmanCharlotte Stant
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Jeremy NorthamPrince Amerigo
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Nick NolteAdam Verver
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Anjelica HustonFanny Assingham
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James FoxColonel Bob Assingham
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Madeleine PotterLady Castledean
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Nicholas DayLord Castledean
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Peter EyreA.R. Jarvis, Shopkeeper
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Nickolas GraceLecturer
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Francesco GiuffridaDuke's Younger Son
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Rossano RubicondiDuke's Older Son
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Mattia SbragiaThe Duke
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Arturo VenegasItalian Ambassador