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The Wings of the Dove

A couple with everything but money. An heiress with everything but love. A temptation no one could resist.

Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.

19971h 42mRDrama, Romance

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About The Wings of the Dove

Directors
Iain Softley
Cast
Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott, Elizabeth McGovern, Charlotte Rampling, Alex Jennings
Genres
Drama, Romance
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
United Kingdom, United States of America
Status
Released

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