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"Feature film from the USA. Drama. Screen adaptation of the 1722 Daniel Defoe classic."
"This is a romantic and gritty tale of a fiercely intelligent woman at odds with her lowly station in 18th century London. The adventures of Molls Flanders depicts the harsh realities of life she encounters."
"Moll is a headstrong young woman whose unfortunate social position leaves her in the most dire of circumstances. A destitute and hapless outcast, Moll is forced into a lifestyle that could easily break her spirit. But summoning courage in the face of adversity, Moll strives to triumph against overwhelming odds ... until the day she meets a very special man--one who promised to change her life forever."
"Moll is a headstrong young woman whose unfortunate social position leaves her in the most dire of circumstances. A destitute and hapless outcast, Moll is forced into a lifestyle that could easily break her spirit. But summoning courage in the face of adversity, Moll strives to triumph against overwhelming odds ... until the day she meets a very special man--one who promised to change her life forever."@en
"The film features the remarkable story of a headstrong young woman whose unfortunate social position leaves her in the most dire of circumstances."@en
"An adaptation of the life of Daniel Defoe's character Moll Flanders, an orphan who eventually lands in a brothel."
"The story is based on the Defoe character, Moll Flanders who is a high-spirited and beautiful, but also destitute young woman living as a social outcast in 18th century England."
"The story is based on the Defoe character, Moll Flanders who is a high-spirited and beautiful, but also destitute young woman living as a social outcast in 18th century England."@en
"Robin Wright portrays Moll, a spirited, headstrong woman whose unfortunate social position leaves her in the most dire of circumstances. Famished and without shelter, Moll is forced to use her beauty as a means for living--first as a prostitute and then as a model for an artist who helps change her life for the better."@en
"Hibble, maggiordomo nero (M. Freeman) della signora Allworthy (S. Channing), preleva da un orfanotrofio inglese per portarla in America la piccola Flora (A. Corcoran), figlia della defunta Moll Flanders. Durante il viaggio le legge il diario della madre e delle sue peripezie. (Mymovies)."
"La storia di Moll Flanders, orfana cresciuta in convento, iniziata alla vita in un bordello gestito da un'avida e dispotica maitresse e costretta ad abbandonare la figlia ancora in fasce, raccontata alla bambina che, un misterioso servit ore, è riuscito da rintracciare dopo ben nove anni di ricerche."@it
"Moll is a headstrong woman whose lowly station in 18th century London leaves her in the most dire of circumstances forcing her into a lifestyle that could easily break her spirit. Her story involves husbands and numerous lovers, shocking family secrets, and travels to bustling London and the New World's Virginia. Moll's dangerous misdeeds stretch from sexual adventures to criminal acts, leaving her with a price on her head as she strives to triumph against overwhelming odds."@en
""Densham uses Defoe's 1722 novel as only the most basic of blueprints, snatching bits and pieces from other historical sources and his own imagination to fashion a picaresque tale, by turns romantic and gritty, of a fiercely intelligent woman forever at odds with her lowly station in 18th-century London. ... Born to a convicted thief who was hanged immediately after giving birth, Moll is sent to a nunnery where, as a teenager, she expresses her fiery spirit by driving a knitting needle through the hand of a lecherous priest in a church confessional"--Variety review, May 27, 1996. Her adventures include a stint as a prostitute, from which she is rescued by a painter who hires her to model and gives her a daughter. Filmed on location in Ireland; locations include St. Patrick's Cathedral and Dublin Castle."@en
"Follows the life of an orphaned woman, her struggles to overcome a difficult childhood and her experience as a prostitute in 18th century England."