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Passion's Way

Original title: The Reef
  • TV Movie
  • 1999
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
221
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Passion's Way (1999)
DramaRomance

Set in early 1900s France, a widow renews a former romantic interest, until it is discovered that he has had a past fling with one of her new employees, a nanny. This sets the two women into... Read allSet in early 1900s France, a widow renews a former romantic interest, until it is discovered that he has had a past fling with one of her new employees, a nanny. This sets the two women into many well-mannered accusations and conversations, but no modern brawling, and puts him in... Read allSet in early 1900s France, a widow renews a former romantic interest, until it is discovered that he has had a past fling with one of her new employees, a nanny. This sets the two women into many well-mannered accusations and conversations, but no modern brawling, and puts him in the middle, or possibly on the outside.

  • Director
    • Robert Allan Ackerman
  • Writers
    • Edith Wharton
    • William Hanley
  • Stars
    • Sela Ward
    • Timothy Dalton
    • Alicia Witt
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    221
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Robert Allan Ackerman
    • Writers
      • Edith Wharton
      • William Hanley
    • Stars
      • Sela Ward
      • Timothy Dalton
      • Alicia Witt
    • 9User reviews
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    Sela Ward
    Sela Ward
    • Anna Leath
    Timothy Dalton
    Timothy Dalton
    • Charles Darrow
    Alicia Witt
    Alicia Witt
    • Sophy Viner
    Jamie Glover
    Jamie Glover
    • Owen Leath
    Cynthia Harris
    Cynthia Harris
    • Adelaide
    Leslie Caron
    Leslie Caron
    • Regine De Chantelle
    Hannah Taylor Gordon
    Hannah Taylor Gordon
    • Effie Leath
    Rupert Frazer
    Rupert Frazer
    • Mr. Farlow
    Jane Bertish
    • Mrs. Farlow
    Robert Russell
    • Messenger
    Lori Wyant
    • Embassy Secretary
    Marcos Márquez
    • Hotel Concierge
    • (as Marcos Marquez)
    • Director
      • Robert Allan Ackerman
    • Writers
      • Edith Wharton
      • William Hanley
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    • Trivia
      Filmed in 1996, but not broadcast until 1999.
    • Quotes

      Charles Darrow: [speaking his thoughts aloud] She had put me off at the very last moment. And so casually, without explanation. What happened to the warmth of her greeting at that embassy party, when after so long a time we had miraculously found each other again?

    User reviews9

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    3/10

    how to make a sow's ear from a silk purse

    This is an adaptation of an Edith Wharton work, whose writing is amazing. Sadly, this movie never shakes the feeling that these 20th century movie people don't grasp the 19th century repression and desperation Wharton's work depicts. Ward and Dalton aren't so bad, but Alicia Witt's wooden performance made me wince. She was supposed to be playing the restless element of the story, but she stood like a stick the whole movie long, and I never believed a word out of her mouth. When she asks Sela Ward "Why can't I move you?" near the end of the film, I couldn't help but answer: "That's what I've been wondering for the last hour and a half!!!"
    • madmur2
    • Mar 17, 2006
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    • Release date
      • July 25, 1999 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El arrecife
    • Filming locations
      • Prague, Czech Republic
    • Production companies
      • Freyda Rothstein Productions
      • Hearst Entertainment Productions
      • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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