The Proposition (1998)

Drama, Romance • PT1H50M

The Proposition

Overview

Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunately Roger falls in love with her.

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter

Top Cast

  • Madeleine Stowe as Eleanor Barret
  • Kenneth Branagh as Father Michael McKinnon
  • William Hurt as Arthur Barret
  • Robert Loggia as Hannibal Thurman
  • Blythe Danner as Syril Danning

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