When recent widow Lilia Herriton traveled to Italy, she fell in love with handsome, charming, and penniless Gino Carella. The marriage between Lilia and Gino sparked a conflict with her family and friends that will change them all forever. All of their proper lives are torn apart by the conflict between love, awakening sexual passion, and 19th century propriety created when a widow follows her heart. Starring Rupert Graves ("V for Vendetta," "The Madness of King George"), Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Helen Mirren ("The Queen," "Elizabeth I"), Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominee Helena Bonham Carter ("The Wings of the Dove," "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"), and Academy Award-nominee, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Judy Davis ("A Passage to India," "Husbands and Wives").
