Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release: 06/13/2003(USA
Release Date: 04/01/2005
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations
Distributor/Studio: Showtime Entertainment

In the style of a Merchant-Ivory production, Thaddeus O'Sullivan directs the British costume drama The Heart of Me, based on Rosamond Lehmann's 1953 novel The Echoing Grove and adapted by Lucinda Coxon. The film opens in late '30s London at the funeral of a middle-class family patriarch survived by his wife (Eleanor Bron) and two daughters: prim and proper Madeleine (Olivia Williams) and free-spirited artist Dinah (Helena Bonham Carter). Madeline's businessman husband, Rickie (Paul Bettany), soon develops an interest in Dinah, which turns into an involved romantic affair. The love triangle causes many problems involving pregnancy, repressed emotions, and various forms of melodrama. Ten years later, the two sisters meet and sort out their relationship.

~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Helena Bonham Carter - Dinah
Olivia Williams - Madeleine
Paul Bettany - Rickie Masters
Eleanor Bron - Mrs. Burkett
Luke Newberry - Anthony

Production:
Thaddeus O'Sullivan - Director
Martin Pope - Producer
Nicholas Hooper - Composer
Alex Mackie - Editor
Lucinda Coxon - Screen Writer
Karen Wakefield - Art Director
Rosamond Lehmann - Book Author
Sheena Napier - Costume Designer
David M. Thompson - Executive Producer
Tracey Scoffield - Executive Producer
David Daniels - First Assistant Director
Michael Carlin - Production Designer
Martin Trevis - Sound/Sound Designer
Gyula Pados - Cinematographer

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