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The Astonished Heart
UNITED KINGDOM · 1950

The Astonished Heart

Terence Fisher
infidelity betrayal friendship romantic triangle desire
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Synopsis

Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton) reconnect as if not a day has gone by. But Leonora could do without Barbara's husband, Christian (Noel Coward), whom she finds arrogant and off-putting ... at first. One evening alone together, romance is set ablaze, leaving Christian with a lot of explaining to do to Barbara.

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