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One of the great female characters of English literature returns to the big screen. This fresh film version of the classic novel by William Makepeace Thackeray introduces a new audience to the beautiful, funny, passionate and calculating Rebecca (Becky) Sharp (Reese Witherspoon). The daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl, Becky is orphaned at a young age. As a child, she yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises. When she leaves Miss Pinkerton's Academy at Chiswick, Becky resolves to conquer English society by deploying her wit, guile and sexuality. With acclaimed director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding) behind the camera, Vanity Fair features an all-star supporting cast including James Purefoy, Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Romola Garai, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans, Geraldine McEwan and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
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