The Heart of Me 2002  R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany, Eleanor Bron, Luke Newberry, Tom Ward, Gillian Hanna, Andrew Havill, Alison Reid, Kathryn Tennant-Maw
Dinah (Helena Bonham Carter) is in love with her sister Madeleine's (Olivia Williams) husband (Paul Bettany) in this story based on Rosamond Lehmann's novel that is believed to have been inspired by her own adulterous affair with British Poet Laureate Cecil Day Lewis.
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Vanity Fair 1998  TV, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Munden
Cast: Natasha Little, Nathaniel Parker, Frances Grey, Philip Glenister, Miriam Margolyes, Tim Woodward, Tom Ward, Jeremy Swift, Eleanor Bron, Bryan Pringle, David Ross, Michele Dotrice, Janine Duvitski, Anton Lesser, Janet Dale
This TV miniseries adaptation of William Makepease Thackeray's novel stars Natasha Little as the scheming country girl Becky Sharp who leaves a trail of victims in her climb up the social ladder. Becky was born into a poor family but does get an education and jobs as a governess. She works for the Crowley family and wins over the children and their wealthy aunt (Miriam Margolyes). She even marries one of the children: the dashing Rawden (Nathaniel Parker). Becky is pregnant when Napoleon invades Europe, and Rawden leaves to fight in the war. Rawden survives the war, but troubles follow, and Becky continues to look for a man of a higher station to support her.
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| 1. The Heart of Me (2002)
2. Vanity Fair (1998)
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