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When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.
Themes:Loss Of InnocenceComing Of AgeBetrayalLove Conquers AllMoral AmbiguityIsolationQuest For TruthSacrificeDiscover Similar ThemesMood:ReflectiveMelancholicBroodingDramaticSomberDiscover Similar Mood
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
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Directed by: Roland Joffé, Alex Thomson, Lars P. Winther
Produced by: Dodi Fayed, Tova Laiter, Andrew G. Vajna
Composed by: John Barry
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