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This modern adaptation of Dickens' classic coming of age story sees the young and naïve Finn (Ethan Hawke), who falls in love with Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow), a girl raised with the strict intention of breaking men's hearts.

Finn is a poor orphan living in a Florida fishing village who is haunted by memories of Estella, a young girl he knew as a child.

When he is grown up and living in New York, having become a successful painter, Estella reappears in his life and Finn falls deeply in love, knowing all the while that it is a feeling that can never be returned.

Keywords:

Drama, Romance, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1998) (USA) (2 Star)

Cast:

Ethan Hawke	.... Finnegan 'Finn' Bell
Gwyneth Paltrow	.... Estella
Hank Azaria	.... Walter Plane
Chris Cooper	.... Uncle Joe
Anne Bancroft	.... Ms. Nora Dinsmoor
Robert de Niro	.... Arthur Lustig

Supporting Cast:

Josh Mostel	.... Jerry Ragno
Kim Dickens	.... Maggie Bell
Nell Campbell	.... Erica Thrall
Gabriel Mann	.... Owen
Jeremy James Kissner	.... Finnegan Bell at Age 10
Raquel Beaudene	.... Estella at Age 10
Stephen Spinella	.... Carter Macleish
Marla Sucharetza	.... Ruth Shepard
Isabelle Anderson	.... Lois Pope

Directors:

Alfonso Cuarón

Writers:

Charles Dickens
Mitch Glazer

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