A Handful of Dust

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Teddy B Mar 9 Incredibly depressing. No sympathy for the entitled Brenda. Tony got a raw deal. Nice scenery and costumes. See more Glafira Regina O Mar 4 The only thing that saves the film is eternal beauty of Kristin Thomas. The rest of it is an absolute dumb nonsence See more Alain E @AlainE Feb 28 In a way a condemnation of British aristocracy. The emotionally restrained heir of a rich family in its last legs is in an unsatisfactory marriage. His wife soon finds more excitement hooking up with a vacuous young man. Their young son is raised principally by a nanny until he gets killed in a hunting accident. They decide to separate , but disagree on the financial terms. The husband, on the spur of a moment, decides to join an explorer of the Brazilian jungle and ends up imprisoned by an illiterate elderly colonist who is forcing him to read loud the complete works of Charles Dickens. Believed lost, his heirs raise a small obelisk in his memory. So, actually a pretty solid monument of dust. See more Geraldine T Feb 18 I have always loved this film. Understated but visceral attack on the venal characters that both inhabit and attach themselves like bloodsucking leeches to money and title in the British aristocracy. See more 09/13/2020 Great story and lovely to see so many great actors when they were young. Strange arty story but a really good film, well worth checking it out. See more 12/02/2016 The disintegration of an upper-class marriage and a strange encounter with a man who likes Dickens in a Brazilian forest make no heads nor tails in this adaptation of British writer Evelyn Waugh's semi-autobiographical novel. See more Read all reviews

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