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Dominican Rep. Mansfield Park
- Original title
- Mansfield Park
- Year
- 2000
- Running time
- 108 min.
- Country
United Kingdom- Director
- Screenwriter
- Patricia Rozema. Novel: Jane Austen
- Cast
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Frances O'Connor
Embeth Davidtz
Jonny Lee Miller
Alessandro Nivola- Harold Pinter
Lindsay Duncan- Sheila Gish
James Purefoy
Victoria Hamilton
Justine Waddell
Hugh Bonneville
Hannah Taylor Gordon- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | 19th Century
- Movie Groups
- Jane Austen Adaptations
- Synopsis
- Fanny Price, a precociously intelligent young woman, is sent by her impoverished parents to live with her mother's wealthy sisters and family in order to benefit from the intellectual and social education, as well as material comforts, that their status affords. Fanny, of native wit, budding writing talents and a late-blooming audacity, responds well to the new environment, despite being treated as a second-class citizen by her aunts, uncle, and cousins -- with the notable exception of cousin Edmund, with whom Fanny forms a fast and close bond, and which later blossoms into love. When the smooth con-artist brother and sister act of Henry and Mary Crawford arrive and attempt to infiltrate the Betram social circle with eyes on marital connections and thereby, inheritance, Henry begins to appreciate Fanny's understated charms, and determines that she is the woman for him. Her luster, however, is due in part to her unspoken love for Edmund, and she flatly rejects Henry's advances, which she also regards as insincere. This causes great dismay to her uncle, who subjects her to heavy interrogation and pressure to submit. In the end, Fanny cannot betray her heart, and chooses to return to the veritable slums where her family still resides by the docks of Portsmouth. It's up to Edmund to realize, for himself, his love for Fanny, and hopefully provide a happy ending to the proceedings.
- Awards
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1999: Montréal World Film Festival: Official Selection1999: Satellite Awards: nominated to Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical.
- Critics' reviews
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"This is an uncommonly intelligent film, smart and amusing too, and anyone who thinks it is not faithful to Austen doesn't know the author but only her plots."
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"It's an interesting take, and it always holds our interest, but it's finally too ham-fisted to be a completely winning one."
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"Rozema's handling of the entangled amours and social gamesmanship at Mansfield Park is delightful and the open-minded moviegoer will have a hard time resisting this stylish and stirring movie"
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"A confusing jumble of historical drama and modern social essay that only serves to cloud the whole field of Jane Austen studies."
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"Well acted, and it achieves a strong, smart, engaging life of its own."
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