In 1870s New York, three wealthy socialites are caught in a tragic love triangle. Newland Archer is a noble attorney who secretly longs for a life of passion. When his wife’s unconventional cousin returns to New York amid social and sexual scandal, Newland risks everything for a chance at true love.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder lead Martin Scorsese’s resplendent adaptation of Edith Wharton’s classic novel. The lushly expressionistic style familiar from Scorsese’s crime sagas here reconstructs 19th century upper-class New York as a giddy dance of rules and desires.