The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese) Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, MIchelle Pfeiffer

The Age of Innocence is a 1993 American historical romantic drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder

In the 1870s, New York City is dominated by a community of old-money families whose lives are guided by strict codes of conduct. The elite police their own through ostracism, or worse.

Gentleman lawyer Newland Archer is planning a society marriage to May Welland. May's cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, returns to New York City after a disastrous marriage to a Polish count. When he cheated on her, she retaliated by sleeping with her secretary, Monsieur Riviere.

Due to high society's double standards, Ellen's conduct is considered particularly scandalous, so she is initially ostracized. Archer is indignant at the unfair treatment, so helps Ellen's family restore her place in the community. He does so by convincing the van der Luydens, the leading New York family, to host a dinner for her.

Ellen meets financier Julius Beaufort, who entered New York society by marrying into the Townsend family. His status ensures he is treated courteously, but his philandering makes him widely disliked. Julius begins flirting with Ellen, but meets his (social) end when the New York elite—sick of his indiscretions—refuses to bail him out during a financial panic.

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