The Portrait of a Lady is consistent to the novel but caused controversy with an random dream scene where Isabel has an erotic fantasy involving all of her pretenders .
The film tells the story of Isabel Archer ( Kidman ) , a young woman of independent means whose innocence ultimately sees her manipulated by her 'friend ' Madame Merle ( Hershey ) and the devious Gilbert Osmond ( Malkovich ) .The film is relatively faithfu
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