Based on Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocence (1993) is a lush and tragic tale of love, duty, and societal constraints in Gilded Age New York. Directed by Martin Scorsese, the film follows Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis), a respected lawyer engaged to the proper May Welland (Winona Ryder).
When the unconventional and captivating Countess Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer) returns to New York, Newland is torn between passion and the expectations of high society. With its rich period detail and masterful adaptation of Wharton’s exploration of repressed desires and rigid social codes, The Age of Innocence is a beautifully realized portrait of love and longing.
Read the book and join us after the film for an open discussion! Part of our ReelTalk Book Club series with All Good Books.
1993. 139 min.
