A naive woman accompanies an older cousin on a trip to Florence, where she falls in love with a forward-thinking man. She is forced to cut short the romance and return to a loveless engagement in England, where the object of her affection makes an unexpected appearance. Period drama from James Ivory, based on EM Forster's novel and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Day-Lewis, Julian Sands and Judi Dench