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Up at the Villa is a British film of genre Drama directed by Philip Haas released in USA on 5 may 2000 with Kristin Scott Thomas
Up at the Villa (2000)
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Add to a movie listIl suffit d'une nuit (Up at the Villa) est un film dramatique britannique réalisé par Philip Haas, sorti en 2000. Il est tiré du roman éponyme de William Somerset Maugham.
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En 1938, à Florence, Mary Panton, une veuve anglaise fauchée par la mort de son mari, est demandée en mariage par sir Edgar Swift, le gouverneur du Bengale. Elle accepte mais, lors d'une soirée chez la princesse San Ferdinando, elle fait la connaissance de Rowley Flint, un aventurier américain et séducteur invétéré, qui tente de la séduire mais elle repousse ses avances. Elle préfère passer la nuit avec le jeune violoncelliste Karl Richter. Mais le lendemain matin, alors qu'il lui déclare son amour, elle le repousse et ce dernier se suicide. Paniquée, elle demande à Rowley de se débarrasser du corps ce qu'il fait aussitôt. Mais il est retrouvé en possession de l'arme et aussitôt jeté en prison.Actors
Kristin Scott Thomas
(Mary Panton)
Sean Penn
(Rowley Flint)
Anne Bancroft
(Princess San Ferdinando)
James Fox
(Sir Edgar Swift)
Derek Jacobi
(Lucky Leadbetter)
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