Maurice (1987)

Maurice (1987) Country: UK Release Year: 1987 Director: James Ivory Writer: E.M. Forster, James Ivory Kit Hesketh-Harvey Language: English Genre: Drama | Romance Runtime: 140 min Cast: James Wilby, Hugh Grant Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott Studio: Merchant Ivory Productions Cinecom Pictures Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093512/

Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up his forbidden love, Maurice (pronounced "Morris") and marries. While staying with Clive and his shallow wife, Anne, Maurice finally discovers romance in the arms of Alec, the gamekeeper. Written from personal pain, it's E.M. Forster's story of coming to terms with sexuality in the Edwardian age.