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Howards End, producer, Ismail Merchant ; screenplay, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; director, James Ivory ; Merchant/Ivory Productions

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MPAA rating: PG

Howards End

videorecording

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producer, Ismail Merchant ; screenplay, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; director, James Ivory ; Merchant/Ivory Productions

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Margaret and Helen Schlegel are sisters from a well-educated European family. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the very English Wilcox family. Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen. Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship and a comfortable place in Edwardian society. Her moral strength is eventually able to resolve the tangle of opposites

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