Directed by:
Iain SoftleyScreenplay:
Hossein AminiCinematography:
Eduardo SerraComposer:
Edward ShearmurCast:
Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Gambon, Ben Miles, Alison Elliott, Elizabeth McGovern, Diana Kent, Alex Jennings (more)Plots(1)
Helena Bonham-Carter falls in love with a penniless journalist named Merton (Linus Roache), she faces an impossible choice: marry him and live in poverty or give him up to receive her inheritance. Of course, there is one unthinkable option. Kate could have Merton seduce the beautiful American heiress Millie Theale (Alison Elliott ), who's dying and has no one to leave her fortune to. But in doing so, Kate risks losing what she values most...Merton's own heart. See for yourself how far these lovers will go to have it all - money, love and passion...and the ultimate price they must pay. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
![Helena Bonham Carter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/810/164810600_08af55.jpg)
Helena Bonham Carter
UK
Best movies:
Fight Club (1999)
The King's Speech (2010)
One Life (2023)
![Linus Roache](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/408/161408936_232f6d.jpg)
Linus Roache
UK
Best movies:
Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - a.f.
Priest (1994)
![Charlotte Rampling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/029/162029687_095b16.png)
Charlotte Rampling
UK
Best movies:
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Dune (2021)
The Damned (1969)
![Michael Gambon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/089/168089247_xr2eyl.jpg)
Michael Gambon
Ireland
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![Ben Miles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/009/169009431_77umjw.jpg)
Ben Miles
UK
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Prime Suspect 6 (2003) (TV movie)
The Promise (2011) (series)
![Alison Elliott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268791_efd7ba.jpg)
Alison Elliott
USA
Best movies:
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV movie)
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
![Elizabeth McGovern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/222/162222750_1c4443.png)
Elizabeth McGovern
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Ordinary People (1980)
Kick-Ass (2010)
![Diana Kent](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/616/161616180_c7f262.jpg)
Diana Kent
Best movies:
Billy Elliot (2000)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
![Alex Jennings](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307287_bf845e.gif)
Alex Jennings
UK
Best movies:
Cranford (2007) (series)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Babel (2006)
![Philip Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/427/164427057_ff8810.jpg)
Philip Wright
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Prime Suspect 3 (1993) (TV movie)
Prime Suspect 2 (1992) (TV movie)