
The Scarlet Letter
A lush, earnest period romance that swings between forbidden passion and grim Puritan cruelty, often feeling overwrought but visually striking.
- Directed by
- Roland Joffé
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Starring
- Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall
- Tagline
- When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.
- Overview
- Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
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- Directed by
- Roland Joffé
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Starring
- Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall












