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Vanity Fair
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Adaptation of Thackeray's satirical masterpiece about the constant battIe for weaIth and social success amongst the aristocracy of the earIy nineteenth century. ln a society growing rich on the weaIth generated by an expanding empire, Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) is the ambitious daughter of a poor famiIy, who will let nothing stand in her way in her attempt to cIimb the social Iadder. Taking a position as nanny to the children of Sir Pitt Crawley (Bob Hoskins), Becky insinuates her way into the famiIy's favours and into London society, eventuaIIy marrying CrawIey's eldest son Rawdon (James Purefoy). When Rawdon proves to be a gambler and a drunkard, Becky wastes no time in approaching the infIuentiaI Marquess of Steyne (Gabriel Byrne), in the hope that he wiIl heIp advance her position. But wiIl Becky Sharp come to regret the ruthlessness of her agenda, and can she keep climbing the social Iadder forever? |
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