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Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
“When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.”
Top Cast
Demi Moore
Hester Prynne
Gary Oldman
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Robert Duvall
Roger Chillingworth
Lisa Andoh
Mituba
Edward Hardwicke
Gov. John Bellingham
Robert Prosky
Horace Stonehall
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Rating
6.1/ 10
Release Date
1995-10-13
Runtime
2h 15m
Genres
DramaRomance
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User Reviews (2)
CinemaSerf
5/10
•3/28/2022Heavens, but this is heavy going. Demi Moore is "Hester", sent on to a Massachusetts colony ahead of her husband to set up their new home. Determined to stand on her own two feet, she invites the enmity of the community by insisting on living on her ...
Wuchak
8/10
•6/10/2025**_A glimpse of what it was like to live on the Northeast coast in the mid-1600s_**
Hester Prynne arrives at the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1666 (Demi Moore) to set up a homestead in preparation for her husband. As she gets to know the local past...