The Age of Innocence. 1993. Directed by Martin Scorsese

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The Age of Innocence. 1993. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Courtesy Columbia Pictures/Photofest

The Age of Innocence. 1993. USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Screenplay by Scorsese, Jay Cocks. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder. 35mm. 139 min.

In 1870s New York City, esteemed lawyer Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) eagerly wishes to wed his girlish fiancée, Mae (Winona Ryder). Archer’s respectable engagement is complicated by the arrival of Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfieffer), whose self-assurance and worldliness entrances Archer, instigating an existential awakening that makes him question the rigid mores of his social circle. Based on Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, featuring an omniscient narration excerpted from the text itself, Scorsese’s adaptation is an unparalleled visual and aural feast, weaving together the nuances of 19th-century society, intrigue, and desire.

This film accompanies Scorsese in New York.

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