The Clandestine Marriage-1999-Eng-Nigel Hawthorne, Joan Collins, Timothy Spall(bianca way) #2.avi

90 min - Comedy - 12 November 1999 (UK)
A period film, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an aristocratic heir of a hard-up noble family. The planned marriage suffers a last-minute upset when the would-be husband switches affections to the bride's sister.
Mr. Sterling, a wealthy upstart without breading or good taste, and his sister Mrs. Heidelberg, the widow of a rich Dutchman, have spared coasts nor effort to set a worthy stage, complete with fashionable gardens and elaborate water feature, and stage a lavish show in their country estate for the celebration of his daughter's arranged wedding to Sir John, the son and heir of Lord Ogleby whose nobly titled estate would bankrupt without a hefty dowry. The whole plan comes crumbling down -as, incidentally, some of the paraphernalia- when a few Cupid darts and quick recalculations lead to suggestions for alternative matches, even at rebate prices, while none of the people of rank realize his daughter is already secretly married for love -in Fleet debtors prison- to his clerk Richard Lovewell.
Director: Christopher Miles
Writers: Trevor Bentham, George Coleman (play), 1 more credit »
Stars: Nigel Hawthorne, Joan Collins, Timothy Spall
Film, którego akcja rozgrywa się w wiejskim domku w Anglii. Jego właściciele (Joan Collins w roli ciotki!) pragną wydać starszą córkę za dziedzica pochodzącego z arystokratycznej, ale "bez grosza przy duszy" rodziny. Zaplanowane małżeństwo w ostatniej chwili zostaje zakłócone, gdyż pan młody obdarza uczuciem siostrę panny młodej...
XVIII w. Państwo Sterlingowie chcą wydać starszą córkę Betsy za Johna, dziedzica z zubożałej arystokratycznej rodziny. On jednak kocha młodszą córkę Sterlingów, Fanny. Co więcej, młodzi potajemnie wzięli ślub.