Mourning Becomes Electra
...Mother and daughter in love with the same man ... rivals in ruthlessness even to murder!
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11/19/1947Runtime
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Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tycoon Ezra Mannon and son Orin. Meanwhile Ezra’s conniving wife Christine and daughter Lavinia vie for the love of a handsome captain with a dark secret while well-meaning neighbor Peter sets his sights on Lavinia.
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A Shakespearean-scale family tragedy set in post-Civil War New England where desire, resentment, and jealousy coil around the Mannon household like serpents. Watching this adaptation of O'Neill's Greek-inflected drama is to witness the inexorable unraveling of a family poisoned by its own secrets and passions.
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