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Up at the Villa is a 2000 romantic drama film directed by Philip Haas and starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Derek Jacobi, and Sean Penn. It is based on the 1941 novella Up at the Villa by W. Somerset Maugham.
Up at the Villa is a 1941 novella by William Somerset Maugham about a young widow caught among three men: her suitor, her one-night stand, and her confidant. A fast-paced story, Up at the Villa incorporates elements of the crime and suspense novel.
May 19, 2000 · Up at the Villa: Directed by Philip Haas. With Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, James Fox. A widow finds choosing a new husband might not be her choice at all, as the actions of her various prospects confine her freedom.
Up at the Villa is a 1941 novella by William Somerset Maugham about a young widow caught among three men: her suitor, her one-night stand, and her confidant. A fast-paced story, Up at the Villa incorporates elements of the crime and suspense novel.
May 5, 2000 · A movie based on Somerset Maugham's story about a group of British expats in Florence before World War II. Kristin Scott Thomas plays a widow who faces a dilemma between security and love, while Sean Penn is a brash American who seduces her.
W. Somerset Maugham. Heinemann London Melbourne Toronto 1953. From Maugham's 1953 preface to vol. III of his Selected Novels. Up at the Villa is a novelette. I had long had in mind its central episode, that in which a woman of uncommon beauty gives herself to a man she hardly knows, not out of love or lust, but out of pity.
A drama film based on W. Somerset Maugham's novel, starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sean Penn as a married couple who have an affair in Italy. Critics and audiences panned the film for its poor script, aimless plot and unbelievable characters.
