The House Of Mirth

The House Of Mirth

2000

Lily Bart, a well-bred but financially precarious woman in Gilded Age New York society, struggles to secure a wealthy marriage while refusing to compromise her principles, ultimately finding herself outcast and ruined. Terence Davies's adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel is a quiet, melancholic portrait of a woman destroyed by the society she belongs to.

Director

  • Terence Davies

Cast

  • Gillian Anderson
  • Dan Aykroyd
  • Eleanor Bron
  • Terry Kinney
  • Anthony LaPaglia
  • Laura Linney
  • Jodhi May
  • Elizabeth McGovern
  • Eric Stoltz

Filming Locations

  • Glasgow

    Some scenes were filmed around Glasgow's West End.

  • Manderston House

    Manderston House in the Scottish Borders was used as one of the grand Edwardian interiors and exterior settings representing the wealthy New York society houses in which Lily Bart (Gillian Anderson) moves.