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.
Daniel Day-Lewis
as Newland Archer
Michelle Pfeiffer
as Ellen Olenska
Winona Ryder
as May Welland
Alexis Smith
as Louisa van der Luyden
Geraldine Chaplin
as Mrs. Welland
Jonathan Pryce
as Rivière
Richard E. Grant
as Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts
Alec McCowen
as Sillerton Jackson
Mary Beth Hurt
as Regina Beaufort
Stuart Wilson
as Julius Beaufort
Howard Erskine
as Beaufort Guest
John McLoughlin
as Party Guest
