The Age of Innocence (1993 film)

The Age of Innocence is a 1993 American film adaptation of Edith Whartons 1920 novel of the same name, the story takes place during the Gilded Age, portraying New Yorks high society. The film was released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Martin Scorsese, and stars Daniel DayLewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder.

Newland Archer Daniel Day Lewis is planning to marry the respectable May Welland Winona Ryder. Mays cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska Michelle Pfeiffer has returned to New York which causes a shock in society circles. The Countess unwisely married a Polish Count, who took her fortune and mistreated her she left him to return to New York.Mays family is boldly and publicly standing by the Countess in the face of malicious gossip, and Archer admires it. Archer prematurely announces his engagement to May, but as he comes to know the Countess, he begins to appreciate her unconventional views on New York society and he becomes increasingly disillusioned with his new fiance May and her innocence, lack of personal opinion, and sense of self. ........

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