The official trailer highlights the tension and wit of this 1930s period drama: A Good Woman Official Trailer #1 (2004) - Helen Hunt Movie Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers YouTube• Nov 1, 2012 A Good Woman (2004) - IMDb
Believing her husband is unfaithful, a heartbroken Meg plans to run away with the charming Lord Darlington, leading to a tense climax where Mrs. Erlynne must sacrifice her own reputation to save her daughter's marriage.
The story follows (Helen Hunt), a penniless socialite with a scandalous reputation who flees New York for Italy. There, she targets Robert Windermere (Mark Umbers), a wealthy man newly married to the innocent Meg (Scarlett Johansson).
As Robert and Mrs. Erlynne begin meeting secretly, the local expatriate community erupts in gossip about an affair.
Unknown to Meg, Mrs. Erlynne is actually her long-lost mother. Robert is paying her to keep this identity secret to protect Meg's idealistic view of her late mother.
The 2004 film is a stylish romantic comedy-drama that adapts Oscar Wilde's 1892 play, Lady Windermere's Fan . Directed by Mike Barker, the film moves the original Victorian London setting to the glamorous Amalfi Coast of Italy in the 1930s. Plot Overview