Top billed cast

1. 

   Gillian Anderson

   Lily Bart

2. 

   Dan Aykroyd

   Augustus 'Gus' Trenor

3. 

   Eleanor Bron

   Mrs. Julia Peniston, Lily's Aunt

4. 

   Terry Kinney

   George Dorset

5. 

   Anthony LaPaglia

   Sim Rosedale

6. 

   Laura Linney

   Bertha Dorset

7. 

   Jodhi May

   Grace Julia Stepney

8. 

   Elizabeth McGovern

   Mrs. Carry Fisher

9. 

   Eric Stoltz

   Lawrence Selden

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-11-16

“Lily” is a smart, charismatic and charming socialite who frequents the best houses in New York as the twentieth century beckons. She is not, however, a wealthy woman. She has a small annuity and is largely dependent on income from her aunt “Julia” (Eleanor Bron). She also has a penchant for bridge. The kind that sees gambling debts accrue! Finding herself in need of funds and feeling that she dare not ask her benefactress, she is soon vulnerable to the machinations of some wealthy and unscrupulous men who have all they will ever need in life, save for a glamorous and “suitable” wi...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$10,000,000.00

Revenue
$5,164,404.00

Keywords

• new york city
• based on novel or book
• despair
• loneliness
• socialite
• high society
• social outcast
• ostracism
• class discrimination
• 1900s
• social scandal
• social prejudice
• exiled
• suicide by poison
• betrayed by a friend