Book-to-screen adaptation
A Room with a View: Book-to-Movie Adaptation
E.M. Forster's witty and warm novel about a young Englishwoman who falls for a passionate free spirit in Florence receives the definitive Merchant Ivory treatment. Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Sands are irresistible in this sun-drenched, beautifully observed comedy of manners about love versus social convention.
7.41985RomanceComedyDramaPeriodBook Adaptation
Adaptation Details
Book
A Room with a View
Screen Title
A Room with a View
Cast
Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Maggie Smith, Daniel Day-Lewis
Release Year
1985
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