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In this blood and soil melodrama, the daughter of the chief forester is torn between love for a reprobate painter and the duty to wed the assistant forester, a widower with a boy.
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Wealthy American widower Adam Verver and his daughter Maggie live a refined life in Europe, surrounded by art. Maggie marries impoverished Italian Prince Amerigo, while Adam marries Maggie's friend Charlotte Stant. The Prince and Charlotte are having an affair, which Maggie discovers and navigates through a silent, psychological battle of wills, ultimately using her cunning to preserve her marriage and protect her father.

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.