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The plot concerns the love affair between a Victorian gentleman and a woman who has been jilted by a French officer, scandalizing the "polite society" of Lyme Regis . Instead of trying to create a literal translation of the novel's alternate endings, Pinter's Screenplay adopted a more cinematic approach by revealing a story within a story - showing the lives of the actors who portray Fowles' characters. The characters' story ends one way, the actors' another. The movie stars Meryl Streep , Jeremy Irons and Hilton McRae and was directed by Karel Reisz. It was nominated for five Academy Awards :
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