Up at the Villa (2000)

Directed by:
Philip Haas

Written by:
Belinda Haas
W. Somerset Maugham

Plot:
Set amidst the expatriate community of Florence in 1938 -- during the rise of Fascism on the eve of World War II -- a penniless, widowed young British socialite, Mary Panton, travels to Italy to take up residence in the villa of some absent friends, only to find herself embroiled in a love triangle and political intrigue. When her much older friend Sir Edgar, a career-oriented diplomat, asks for her hand in marriage, then departs for a few days while she considers his proposal, Mary meets some provocative Anglo-Americans at a dinner party. Shortly thereafter, she develops a relationship with one of them, a dangerously appealing American man to whom she confides her dark secret.

Genres: Drama
Countries: United Kingdom / United States
Languages: English
Runtime: 115

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Cast:

Anne Bancroft... Princess San Ferdinando

Sean Penn... Rowley Flint

Jeremy Davies... Karl Richter

Kristin Scott-Thomas... Mary Panton

Derek Jacobi... Lucky Leadbetter

Ben Aris... Col. Trail

James Fox... Sir Edgar Swift

Dudley Sutton... Harold Atkinson

Roger Hammond... Colin Mackenzie

Barbara Hicks... Lulu Good

Ann Bell... Beryl Bryson

Gianfranco Barra... Peppino