Married couple, Ethan and Zeena, are in need an extra hand around the house due to Zeena's debilitated body and constant illness. The young woman who joins them is a beautiful, spirited person. She and Ethan fall in love much to the dismay of Zeena.
Cinematography
Snow-covered Massachusetts becomes a prison of white.
Acting
Joan Allen's Zeena: illness as weapon and wound.
Writing
Wharton's novella stripped to its bleakest bones.
Director
John Madden
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