The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now is a 2001 four-part television adaptation of the Anthony Trollope 1875 novel The Way We Live Now. The serial was first broadcast on the BBC and was directed by David Yates, written by Andrew Davies and produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark. David Suchet starred as Augustus Melmotte, with Shirley Henderson as his daughter Marie, Matthew Macfadyen as Sir Felix Carbury, Cillian Murphy as Paul Montague and Miranda Otto as Mrs Hurtle.
Plot
Augustus Melmotte, a financier with a mysterious past, moves to London with his family. Rumours about him are rife in society.
More details
contentLocation | England |
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director | David Yates |
genre | drama |
keywords | country girl engage hatred impoverish jilt mysterious past nothing squire vanish write young woman |
musicBy | Nicholas Hooper |