# The Age of Innocence (1993)

> In gilded-age New York, a dutiful lawyer’s love for a socially ostracized countess collides with the suffocating etiquette of the elite.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5522

## Facts

- Runtime: 138 min
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Alexis Smith, Geraldine Chaplin, Jonathan Pryce, Richard E. Grant, Alec McCowen
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106226/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Mood: wistful, elegant, melancholic, quiet evening, literary film night

## Synopsis

A tale of love and societal constraints unfolds in the gilded age of New York.

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