The Wings of the Dove

The Wings of the Dove

  • Director: Iain Softley
  • Writer: Henry James,Hossein Amini
  • Countries of origin: United States, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Release date: March 13, 1998
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Крила голубки
  • "The Wings of the Dove" is a romance film directed by Iain Softley and starring Helena Bonham Carter , Linus Roache and Alison Elliott . It was released in the United States on November 7, 1997.
    The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by American writer Henry James. It tells the story of Kate and Morton who are a pair of men and women who truly love each other, but they do not hesitate to deceive Millie in order to achieve the marriage of the two   .

    Details

    • Release date March 13, 1998
    • Filming locations Palazzo Barbaro, Venice, Veneto, Italy
    • Production companies Miramax, Renaissance Dove

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $13,692,848

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $183,610

    Gross worldwide

    $13,692,848

    Movie reviews

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    • By Camylle 2022-03-25 09:01:19

      the director said

      When the screenwriter Armini adapted "Wings of the Dove", he read the entire book and did not think of a suitable adaptation plan. But when she read the final breakup scene at the end, she had an epiphany. I don't think it's difficult to adapt this story, as long as you jump out of the original story and make up a new story based on this ending. Because he's always been a noir fan. Why not combine his hobby with this story. He decided to make the story into a film noir style. The...

    • By Leora 2022-03-24 09:03:26

      It's time to wait

      Psychorealism, a masterpiece of neoclassicalism, a film that has been well-received, along with her distant era, gradually blurred and forgotten. Kate's Plan is smart, she can not want Milly's bequest, but she can't ask Morton to forget the time with Milly, even if she uses her skin to restore this relationship that has drifted away. If I had wings like a dove, for then I would fly away and be at rest, the time on the gondola is like the hazy fog in the Venice channel, the soulful one climbing...

    • By Clemmie 2022-03-23 09:03:10

      play hard

      Just finished watching the room with the view, so I watch this one again, when dear Helena paces the Piazza Venezia, time and space overlap, and things are different.
      Twelve years later, Helena has completely faded away from the childishness of her teenage years, and the fierceness of her whole person is fully reflected. When she wanted him at the last moment, when she could not be with her with her memories of her, the kind of self-esteem she felt towards herself. The despair of love is...

    • By Velva 2022-03-21 09:03:06

      The first contact was in October 1998, and I have watched it no less than 50 times.

      The music (especially the underground, Kate's theme and Milly's theme), the beautiful scenery of Venice and some lines of Milly, Kate and Merton are really

      memorable. There are two things I like the most, one is that Milly's condition deteriorated after learning the truth , Merton went to visit her, and the dialogue with her (this is the creativity of the screenwriter, because in James' original book there is a famous "intentional blank").
      Milly used a helpless sentence "I love...

    • By Fabian 2022-01-19 08:01:56

      I am more willing to believe in love than you



      I wrote a review many years ago called "Love loses to desire". It now appears that love is more posture than reality. The more perfect the posture, the more impractical, the purer the love. Desire couldn't be more real.

      Milly is a beautiful and perishable illusion, representing love. And Kate is a living woman in the world, knowing what she wants, and seizing every opportunity to get it.

      The difference between Kate and Merton is that the former is realization type...

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    • By Lea 2022-04-22 07:01:48

      The whole movie is eloquently told like a gurgling stream, which seems to be gentle but is actually...

    • By Mary 2022-03-27 09:01:19

      Using feelings or trading is all about getting hot! In fact, Kate was not vicious from the beginning, but she really stepped into evil step by step, calculating Milly's worth, using her lover as bait, saying that she didn't want Milly to hate her, but in the end it hurt her the most, stealing "chicken" "Unfortunately, she lost her love, and her wishful thinking was completely defeated. Of course, she would not give up her life, she could marry Mark and become a woman like her aunt... But those...

    • By Kathryne 2022-03-27 09:01:19

      Original by Henry James. Pure British. The camera movements, the London and Venice landscapes, the costumes and the music are all lyrically textured and...

    • By Davon 2022-03-27 09:01:19

      Black belly quick, adventurous, Ming Jin withdraws troops. . . because of love. HBC spirit. In fact, that American angel may be secretly the most...

    • By Esmeralda 2022-03-27 09:01:19

      At first I thought it was the British version of "Red and Black", but later I found out that it was a love triangle between the United States and the United...

    Movie plot

    Kate is a brilliant girl who dares to love and hate. When her mother died, Kate's aunt decided to let her marry a beetle-in-law in exchange for the life and status of a nobleman. But the rebellious Kate fell in love with reporter Morton. They loved each other deeply, but the aunt tried to prevent the lovers from continuing their relationship. At this time Kate met Millie, a rich American woman, and the two quickly became friends. At...
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    Evaluation action

    "Dove Wings" has soothing and vigorous music, well-rounded film montage performance, gorgeous film pictures and exquisite costume design. The film successfully combines the inheritance of text and the transformation of images, and uses the unique language of film narrative to compose a love tragic song. The dialogue of the film is not only concise and concise, but many dialogues are used to express deep cultural accumulation through...
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    Movie quotes

    • Kate: Every time she smiles, remember that I love you more.

    • Kate Croy: These wretched aristocrats can't even heat their houses.

    • Merton Densher: I don't believe in any of the things I write about. I fake passion. I fake conviction.