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The Golden Bowl

The Golden Bowl

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 14, 2000

Runtime

2h 10m

Genres

Romance, Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

The Golden Bowl

Production Companies

TF1 International, Merchant Ivory Productions

Director

James Ivory

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$5,753,678

Description

Adam Verver, a US billionaire in London, dotes on daughter Maggie. An impecunious Italian, Prince Amerigo, marries her even though her best friend, Charlotte Stant, is his lover. She and Amerigo keep this secret from Maggie, so Maggie interests her widowed father in Charlotte, who is happy with the match because she wants to be close to Amerigo. Charlotte desires him, the lovers risk discovery, Amerigo longs for Italy, Maggie wants to spare her father's pain, and Adam wants to return to America to build a museum. Amidst lies and artifice, what fate awaits adulterers?