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13/10/1995 Drama, Romance 2h 15m
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When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.

Overview

Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.

  1. Roland Joffé

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Demi Moore

    Hester Prynne

  2. Gary Oldman

    Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale

  3. Robert Duvall

    Roger Chillingworth

  4. Lisa Andoh

    Mituba

  5. Edward Hardwicke

    Gov. John Bellingham

  6. Robert Prosky

    Horace Stonehall

  7. Roy Dotrice

    Rev. Thomas Cheever

  8. Joan Plowright

    Harriet Hibbons

  9. Malcolm Storry

    Maj. Dunsmuir

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-03-28
Heavens, but this is heavy going. Demi Moore is "Hester", sent on to a Massachusetts colony ahead of her husband to set up their new home. Determined to stand on her own two feet, she invites the enmity of the community by insisting on living on her own. Her only ally seems to be the preacher "Dimmesdale" (Gary Oldman) and he becomes more crucial when it looks like her husband has been killed in a shipwreck and when, shortly thereafter, she becomes pregnant. Determined not to reveal the identity of the father, she endures the disdain from her somewhat puritanical neighbours and both her and he...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$50,000,000.00

Revenue
$10,382,407.00

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