Vanity Fair
(2004)
Regisseur:
Mira NairSchauspieler:
James Purefoy, Reese Witherspoon, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Romola GaraiVerfilmung des Romans Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit von William Makepeace Thackeray. Reese Witherspoon ist in der Rolle von Becky Sharp zu sehen, die aus armen Verhältnissen kommend in der Londoner High Society des 19. Jahrhunderts aufsteigen will. Sie arbeitet als Gouvernante und verzaubert die reichen Männer. Sie lernt schließlich den Marquis von Steyne kennen, der aber zuviel von ihr verlangt.
Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A mere ascension into the heights of society is simply not enough. So Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne whose whims enable Becky to realise her dreams. But is the ultimate cost too high for her?
Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A mere ascension into the heights of society is simply not enough. So Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne whose whims enable Becky to realise her dreams. But is the ultimate cost too high for her?
