Name: La edad de la inocencia
Director: Martin Scorsese
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1993
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder

Question 1

What does it mean to prioritize family duty over personal desires?

Accepted Answer

Refined drama about duty, honor, and sacrifice in marriage. Sound judgment. *The Age of Innocence* presents a profound moral conflict within New York's high society at the end of the 19th century: Newland Archer, a lawyer betrothed to the innocent May Welland, finds himself drawn to Ellen Olenska, a woman marked by a failed marriage. The film, faithful…

Question 2

How do social expectations influence decisions of the heart?

Accepted Answer

t the end of the 19th century: Newland Archer, a lawyer betrothed to the innocent May Welland, finds himself drawn to Ellen Olenska, a woman marked by a failed marriage. The film, faithful to Edith Wharton's novel, elegantly dissects the tension between passionate love and…

Question 3

Does sacrifice for the common good strengthen or limit individual happiness?

Accepted Answer

and, finds himself drawn to Ellen Olenska, a woman marked by a failed marriage. The film, faithful to Edith Wharton's novel, elegantly dissects the tension between passionate love and social duty, family honor and community stability. Scorsese masterfully films the oppression of…