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The inheritance movie 2017If ever obscurity applied to a costume drama, it would fit The Inheritance like a glove. Its debut in my life came following a Sunday night’s television perusal, and for several years after, it wasn’t anywhere to be found on a home video format (that was back in the days when VHS tapes were the norm).
Once it finally appeared on DVD (still under a cloud of anonymity, mind you), I snatched a copy and have enjoyed multiple viewings since then. Until this past month, I’d not watched this in what felt like years.
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Soon, as the familiar music began, I was immersed in a world of elegance and nostalgia, a feeling all too many films have lost.
The story follows Edith Adelon (Cari Shayne). As a child, she was orphaned but while in Italy, seeing to family business, the wealthy Henry Hamilton (Tom Conti) brought her home (to America) with him where he has since raised her as his own.
Companion to the Hamilton’s young daughter, Amy (Brigitta Dau), Edith has had the