

When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple.
Acting
Adjani's wounded bird magnetism vs. Smith's acid-dipped politeness.
Production
1920s Paris so gorgeous you'll miss that it's suffocating.

Director
James Ivory
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Jean Rhys's semi-autobiographical novel; she famously hated the adaptation for softening Marya's desperation.
Merchant Ivory's rare venture into genuine darkness—this is their 'Portrait of a Lady' before they got polite about it.