In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

Alexis Smith
Louisa van der Luyden

Geraldine Chaplin
Mrs. Welland

Jonathan Pryce
Rivière

Richard E. Grant
Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts

Alec McCowen
Sillerton Jackson