Up At The Villa

 

 Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn,
Anne Bancroft, Jeremy Davies
USA Films; Directed by Philip Haas
Rated PG-13; 115 minutes; 2000		  
A love story that combines elements of danger, heroism, sensuality, and violence in luxurious Tuscan setting, based on a novella by W. Somerset Maugham. Florence, 1938: The remains of Tuscany's Anglo-American expatriate community are in blithe denial of the impending WWII threat. Mary Panton, an English beauty recently widowed and left penniless, is staying at a sumptuous Renaissance villa. Sir Edgar Swift, a friend 25 years older than Mary, proposed marriage. She asks for a few days to consider his offer. At a dinner party, Mary gets the attentions of three different men, including rakish, charming American playboy Rowley Flint. A fervent and impulsive sexual encounter will lead to violence and tragedy, life-or-death actions, and, ultimately, love.

 

 "A Splendid Place To Spend an Evening. Anne Bancroft Gives an Impeccably Tuned Performance."
--David Sterritt, The Christian Science Monitor

"Kristin Scott Thomas is Smashing!"
--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

  

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