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The Heart of Me (2002)

The Heart of Me poster
Directed by
Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
12
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman has a passionate affair with her sister's husband in 1930s London. The film follows the emotional fallout for all three of them over the following years.

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What happens

The Heart of Me is a 2002 British period drama film directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Bettany and Olivia Williams. Set in London before and after World War II, it depicts the consequences of a woman's torrid affair with her sister's husband. The film is an adaptation of Rosamond Lehmann's 1953 novel The Echoing Grove. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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