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"The season she fell in love...and paid the price."

Youth, beauty, and career become a thing of the past for a vulnerable woman at the crossroads of her life.

Aware of every wrinkle, every gray hair, and every bad review, recently widowed Broadway star Karen Stone (Golden Globe and Emmy winner Helen Mirren, Gosford Park) abandons her profession in favor of a new life in Rome. Welcomed into a select circle of new friends, she meets the Contessa (Golden Globe, Emmy, and Oscar winner Anne Bancroft, The Graduate), who offers Mrs. Stone a fresh lease on life via the young and handsome Paolo (Olivier Martinez, Unfaithful). As slick as a designer silk tie, Paolo is just one of the Contessa's stable of Italian studs whose affection can only be afforded by the wealthiest of lonely women. As procured diversions go, Paolo delivers. While realistic about his motives, Mrs. Stone soon succumbs to his well-rehearsed charms and falls hopelessly in love.

Emmy nominee Robert Allan Ackerman (Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows) directs a powerhouse cast in this adaptation of Tennessee Williams? haunting novella.

Director:

Robert Allan Ackerman [5],

Starring:

Anne Bancroft [23], Rodrigo Santoro [6], Helen Mirren [59], Brian Dennehy [41], Olivier Martinez [7],

Screen Formats:

Full Frame 1.33:1

Language and Sound:

English Dolby Digital Stereo

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