The Age of Innocence (1993)
Director
Martin Scorsese
Main cast
Daniel Day-Lewis; Michelle Pfeiffer; Winona Ryder; Alexis Smith; Geraldine Chaplin
Genres
Drama, Romance
Description
Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Martin Scorsese
Main cast
Daniel Day-Lewis; Michelle Pfeiffer; Winona Ryder; Alexis Smith; Geraldine Chaplin
Genres
Drama, Romance
Description
Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
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