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Up at the Villa

Up at the Villa

20005.21h 55m

Overview

Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent days just before World War II.

Directed by Philip Haas
Written by Belinda Haas, W. Somerset Maugham
Produced by Geoff Stier
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Top Cast

Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas

Mary Panton

Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Rowley Flint

Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft

Princess San Ferdinando

James Fox

James Fox

Sir Edgar Swift

Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Lucky Leadbetter

Jeremy Davies

Jeremy Davies

Karl Richter

Roger Hammond

Roger Hammond

Colin Mackenzie

Dudley Sutton

Dudley Sutton

Harold Atkinson

Massimo Ghini

Massimo Ghini

Beppino Leopardi

Lorenza Indovina

Lorenza Indovina

Nina

Themes & Keywords

infidelityupper classwidowrefugeeblackmailseductionvacationflorence, italytheft

About Up at the Villa

Up at the Villa is a drama, romance film released in 2000 exploring themes of infidelity, upper class, widow, refugee, blackmail, seduction. Directed by Philip Haas, it stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft. Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent days just before World War II.

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