The Wings of the Dove

The Wings of the Dove (1997)

1997-09-04 · 102 min · Rating 6.60/10 (122 votes)

A couple with everything but money. An heiress with everything but love. A temptation no one could resist.

Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.

Drama Romance

Keywords

1910s based on novel or book british high society classism dying woman dying young forbidden love gondola influential aunt or uncle inheritance london, england love triangle man between two women masked ball period piece privileged life unrequited love venice, italy

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