Howards End

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Howards End

One of Merchant Ivory’s undisputed masterpieces, this adaptation of E.M. Forster’s classic 1910 novel is a saga of class relations and changing times in Edwardian England. Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson) and her sister Helen (Helena Bonham Carter) become involved with two couples: a wealthy, conservative industrialist (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife (Vanessa Redgrave), and a working-class man (Samuel West) and his mistress (Niccola Duffet). The interwoven fates and misfortunes of these three families and the diverging trajectories of the two sisters’ lives are connected to the ownership of Howards End, a beloved country home. A compelling, brilliantly acted study of one woman’s struggle to maintain her ideals and integrity in the face of Edwardian society’s moribund conformist values.

Alongside the documentary Merchant Ivory, we will be playing classic films by the iconic filmmaking duo, such as The Remains of the Day, A Room with a View, and Maurice

"Merchant, Ivory, and Jhabvala triumph again with their entertaining, richly textured film."
Vincent Canby, The New York Times
"The splendid cast embodies the characters so fully that the events actually seem to be happening to them, instead of unfolding from a screenplay."
Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Times


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