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DVD, 2008
Current format, DVD, 2008, Widescreen version, Available .
DVD, 2008
Current format, DVD, 2008, Widescreen version, Available . Offered in 0 more formats
Based on a true story it is, in its way, a horror story, this portrait of a dazzling young woman at the mercy of the misfortunes of love and the inequalities of the age in which she lived. Married off as an innocent 17-year-old to a much older man, his only interest in the match is her ability to produce a male heir. Installed within the gilded cage of marriage, she discovers he expresses more affection for his dogs than for her. When the first child is female, he takes a mistress and ignores her, until she finds true love--insisting on his lordly right to thwart her. Although she fights hard for her own piece of happiness, eventually, she has to make a choice many, many women will recognize.
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MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material.
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Closed-captioned.
Includes English, French and Spanish language tracks, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
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