Carried Away (1996 film)

Carried Away also known as Acts of Love is a 1996 American English language film directed by Brazilian Bruno Barreto. It is based on the novel Farmer by Jim Harrison.

Joseph Svenden is a middleaged schoolteacher who lives on a farm with his dying mother. In his simple life there is no excitement, even in his longtime relationship with a widow. However, when a 17yearold beauty enrolls in his class, life takes an unexpected turn. She boards her horse in his barn and she then seduces him. They carry on a furtive relationship which leaves him torn between the passion, and knowing that he is doing something wrong. When her indescretion starts the inevitable scandal, many different reactions ensue.

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