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Synopsis:
A rebellious socialite defies social conventions for a
once-in-a-lifetime shot at true love, only to see her hopes
for the future shattered after a priceless diamond vanishes
into thin air in this romantic drama adapted from a long-lost
Tennessee Williams screenplay. Fisher Willow (Bryce
Dallas Howard) is the debutant daughter of a wealthy
Memphis plantation owner. She harbors a great distain for the
narrow-minded elite who seem to worship the ground her father
walks on, and takes great delight in shocking and insulting
them whenever the opportunity to do so arises. Shortly after
returning from studying overseas, Fisher is swept off her feet
by lowly farmhand Jimmy Dobyne (Chris
Evans), who works on her father's plantation. His father a
hopeless alcoholic and his mother having long since lost her
mental capacities, Jimmy seems destined to go nowhere in life
until Fisher hires him as her escort for the lavish party
season and attempts to pass him off as an upper-class suitor
in order to placate her spinster aunt Cornelia (Ann-Margret),
who's been placed in charge of the family fortune. When one of
Cornelia's priceless diamonds suddenly goes missing, a storm
of accusations and betrayals begins to brew, effectively
threatening to destroy any hopes that Fisher and Jimmy may
have had for a happy future together.
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