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Applause for Europa, Europa director Agnieszka Holland's feminist adaptation of Henry James' novel, starring Albert Finney as an overbearing father and Jennifer Jason Leigh as his stubborn daughter.
One of James' trademark innocents, Catherine is acted upon by three titanic forces: her father, Dr. Sloper (Albert Finney), whose express desire to protect a daughter he considers ugly and witless takes the form of ruthless repression; her aunt, (Maggie Smith), who wishes to weave out of her niece's life a breathlessly melodramatic romance; and Morris Townsend (Ben Chaplin), the playboy who has squandered a modest inheritance and now seeks salvation in the form of this unloved, unlovely, and affluent young woman.
Bruce Willis stars as a car salesman who experiences a crisis of conscience; Nick Nolte, Barbara Hershey, and Albert Finney round out the rich cast.
Dr. Sloper (Finney) and Catherine Sloper (Leigh) in Washington Square
Finney plays Dr. Sloper as a sour and grave man in whom all feeling has been deadened since his wife died giving birth to Catherine.