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Ethan Frome

on BBC Two England

Period drama, based on the novel by Edith Wharton , starring Liam Neeson, Patricia Arquette, Joan Allen

In the snowbound farmhouses of turn-of-the-century New England, many lead lives of quiet desperation. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Ethan Frome finds himself attracted, with tragic consequences, to his wife's beautiful cousin Mattie.
(1993)
See Films: pages 42-51 ***

Contributors

Based on the novel by:
Edith Wharton
Director:
John Madden
Ethan Frome:
Liam Neeson
Mattie Silver:
Patricia Arquette
Zeena Frame:
Joan Allen
Reverend Smith:
Tate Donovan
Ruth Hale:
Katherine Houghton
Ned Hale:
Stephen Mendillo

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