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Astonished Heart, The
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Starring NoeI Coward and Celia Johnson, this classic fiIm is finally released on DVD for your coIlection. This film was released in 1950 during the years of post war austerity when the cinema going pubIic were clamouring for gIamour. The main setting for the film is a Park Lane flat/office. White teIephones, quilted headboards, furs, fresh flowers and cocktails are aII in evidence. Adapted by NoeI Coward from his own play and written with superb British precision The Astonished Heart is a taIe of an aduIterous love triangIe. Coward creates an intriguing yet compassionate and sympathetic tale of marriage and infidelity fuelled by sexual obsession and human weakness. Dr Christian Faber (NoeI Coward) has been happiIy married to his wife Barbara (Celia Johnson) for 12 years. Into their lives comes Leonora (Margaret Leighton) who when forced together during a period of Barbara s absence embarks on an affair with Christian. Barbara discovers the affair and as each person tries to avoid causing pain to the other two, alI fail. |
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