Olive, a militant suffragette, takes on the education of Verena, a brilliantly gifted but naive young girl. Olive wants to mold and use this gift for the feminist cause. But Verena is also loved by Basil Ransom, an impecunious young lawyer with views strenuously opposed to the Boston feminists. The contest is met between Basil and Olive. The prize: possession of Verena.
General Note
Based on The Bostonians / Henry James.
Originally produced in 1984 as a motion picture.
Special features: new digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions; "Conversations with the filmmakers," part of a new series of interviews with Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; original theatrical trailer.