The House of Mirth: 25th Anniversary

Adapted from Edith Wharton's classic novel, Terence Davies’ BAFTA-nominated drama features an acclaimed performance by Gillian Anderson as a young woman looking to make a good marriage, drawn into a downward spiral when her honour and her love for another prevent her from accepting the advances of a wealthy banker.

The film proved Davies a master of period filmmaking and literary adaptation, and deserves to be regarded as one of the best British features of its era.

Drug misuse, suicide references, brief sexual threat