Summary:
The British Empire flowers; exotic India colors English imaginations. Becky Sharp, the orphaned daughter of a painter and a singer, leaves a home for girls to be a governess, armed with pluck, a keen wit, good looks, fluent French, and an eye for social advancement. Society tries its best to keep her from climbing. An episodic narrative follows her for 20 years, through marriage, Napoleonic wars, a child, loyalty to a school friend, the vicissitudes of the family whose daughters she instructed, and attention from a bored marquess who collected her father's paintings. Honesty tempers her schemes. No aristocrat she, nor bourgeois, just spirited, intelligent, and irrepressible.
| Runtime: | 141 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated PG-13 for some sensuality/partial nudity and a brief violent image. |
| Production: | Focus Features |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Countries: | USA, UK |
| Languages: | English, German, French |
| Home Release Date: | Feb 1, 2005 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Mira Nair | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Julian Fellowes | Screenplay |
| Mark Skeet | Screenplay |
| Matthew Faulk | Screenplay |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | Novel |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Gabriel Byrne | The Marquess Of Steyne |
| Jonathan Rhys Meyers | George Osborne |
| Reese Witherspoon | Becky Sharp |
| Romola Garai | Amelia Sedley |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Angelica Mandy | Young Becky Sharp |
| Charlie Beall | Gambler |
| Deborah Findlay | Mrs. Mary Sedley |
| John Franklyn-Robbins | Mr. Sedley |
| Kate Fleetwood | Miss Pinkerton's Crone |
| Lillete Dubey | Ms. Green |
| Paul Bazely | Biju |
| Rhys Ifans | William Dobbin |
| Roger Lloyd-Pack | Francis Sharp |
| Ruth Sheen | Miss Pinkerton |
| Tony Maudsley | Joseph Sedley |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Dinaz Stafford | Associate Producer |
| Donna Gigliotti | Producer |
| Howard Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Jane Frazer | Co-Producer |
| Janette Day | Producer |
| Jonathan Lynn | Executive Producer |
| Lydia Dean Pilcher | Producer |
| Mark Skeet | Associate Producer |
| Matthew Faulk | Associate Producer |
| Pippa Cross | Executive Producer |
| Ray Angelic | Line Producer: India |
| S.M. Ferozeuddin Alameer | Line Producer: India |
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