Where Angels Fear to Tread is a 1991 British drama film directed by Charles Sturridge. The screenplay by Sturridge, Tim Sullivan, and Derek Granger is based on the 1905 novel of the same title by E. M. Forster. Recently widowed and anxious to escape the clutches of her oppressively meddlesome in-laws, free-spirited Lilia Herriton travels to the hillside Tuscan town of Monteriano with her young friend Caroline Abbott. There she falls in love with both the countryside and Gino Carella, a handsome man considerably younger and much less wealthy than herself, and she decides to stay. Appalled by... her behaviour and concerned about the future of her granddaughter, Irma, her strait-laced mother-in-law dispatches her son Philip to Italy to convince her to return home, but by the time he arrives Lilia and Gino have wed. He and Caroline return home, unable to forgive themselves for not putting an end to what they see as a clearly unsuitable marriage. Lilia is startled to discover her desire for independence is at odds with Gino's need to be the unquestioned head of the household, and she is shocked when he becomes physically abusive in order to clarify his position.
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| Release date: | 1991 |
| Directed by: | Charles Sturridge |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 116 Minutes |
| Producer: | Nick Elliott, Derek Granger, Giovanna Romagnoli |
| Editor: | Peter Coulson |
| Music by: | Rachel Portman |
| Cinematography: | Michael Coulter |
| Screenplay by: | E. M. Forster, Tim Sullivan, Derek Granger, Charles Sturridge, Timothy Sullivan |
| Adapted from: | Where Angels Fear to Tread |