IMDb plot summary: Lucy meets George in a Florence pensione and the two share a brief romance before Lucy returns home, where she becomes engaged to Cecil. However, it isn't long before George unexpectedly enters her life again.
Directed by James Ivory. Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Maggie Smith.
This is based on a novel by E.M. Forster that I just read myself a few months ago, and I found it much more exciting and charming than I expected at first. The film does its best to capture that feeling of a turn-of-the-century romance, even including chapter headings in between its various scenes, and that's pretty delightful. On film, the romance feels a bit more expected than it did on the page, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, just a change. Helena Bonham Carter is a joy here, portraying exactly the right combination of independence and uncertainty as she navigates her own thoughts and feelings, and the rest of the cast is stellar as well. The two locations here are very much characters of their own, and the cinematography really lets them shine. A very nicely done film.
How it entered my Flickchart:
A Room With a View > Mudbound
A Room With a View < The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
A Room With a View > Lifeforce
A Room With a View > A Serious Man
A Room With a View > Sneakers
A Room With a View > Gremlins
A Room With a View > Match Point
A Room With a View > The Black Cat
A Room With a View < Jack Goes Boating
A Room With a View < Chronicle
A Room With a View < Long Day's Journey Into Night
A Room With a View < Munich
Final spot: #854 out of 3365, or 75%.
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