Since our establishment in 1999, we've proudly provided a DVD rentals by mail service, featuring a carefully curated library of around 60,000 titles. Our diverse range, covering both classic and modern films along with TV series, has reached customers all over the U.S. We're thrilled to launch a new version of CAFEDVD on Septermber 29 2023 to expand our service and offering.    
Home     |     Cart     |     My Account     |     My Wish List     |     Help      
 

  Search
 
 
 
  Genres:
Action Music
Animation Romance
Classic Sci-Fi
Comedy Sports
Cult Suspense
Documentary Special Int
Drama Television
Family Thriller
Foreign War
Horror Western
Independent PG-13,PG,G
 
  1001 Movies You Must
   See Before You Die
  Most Requested
  Directors
  New Releases
  Popular Independent
  Criterion Collection
  All Time Favorites
  AFI 100
  Staff Recommended A-M
  Staff Recommended N-Z
  Best of Contemporary
   Foreign Films
  Best of British Film
  Best of Documentary
   Films
  Roger Ebert's
   Overlooked Film Festival
  Top Shakespeare
   Adaptations
  Best of Avant Garde
  Best of Romance
  Select Sentimental
  Cream of Comedy
  Best Recent American
   Features
  Movies by 40
   Directors to watch
  Best Cinematography
  Masters of Montage
  Hollywood
   Contemporary Classic
  Cannes Winners
  Vatican Picks
  Best American
   Independent
  Best of
   Science-Fiction
 .


Photo Coming Soon
Way We Live Now, The (Disc 1 of 2) (2001)
Rating:
Starring: Paloma Baeza, Shirley Henderson, Douglas Hodge, Cillian Murphy, Miranda Otto, David Suchet
Director: David Yates
Category: Drama
Studio: BBC Home Video
Subtitles:
[None]
Length:
300 mins

 
 

 

The Way We Live Now is a remarkably contemporary story that captures the power, passion and corruption at the dawn of the capitalist age.

Based on the novel by Anthony Trollope, this satire of Victorian society contains all the dynamic elements that made him one of the most celebrated and popular novelists of his day- The trials and tribulations of young love, the pettiness of upper class life, the raw energy and excitement of the most powerful city the world had ever seen, and the greed and corruption that lay just below its glittering surface.

Episode 1:
When infamous financier Augustus Melmotte mysteriously appears in London, the city's impoverished aristocrats greedily court his favor.Felix Carbury, a charming but lazy young baronet, is one of the many gentlemen swarming around Melmotte's rich heiress daughter Marie.Meanwhile, Felix's independently minded sister Hetta falls in love with a bright young engineer, Paul Montague, who is in town to approach Melmotte with an ambitious business proposition.Complications soon arise in business and love.

Episode 2:
While Paul Montague throws himself into the booming railway business with Melmotte, the presence of his mysterious American friend in London threatens to jeopardize his chances with Hetta.Felix is forced to desperate measures to secure his future with Marie when he learns that her father is planning her marriage to a rival suitor.

Episode 3:
Paul visits Mexico to have his worst fears about the railway construction confirmed.Returning to London, he decides to confront Melmotte, who is involving himself in increasingly ambitious business schemes while Felix gets himself into further trouble and Hetta receives some devastating news.

Episode 4:
Melmotte reaches the highest echelons of London society, but the wolves are beginning to gather at his door.Paul takes his chance to act and Felix comes face to face with some tough opposition, while Hetta contemplates settling for second best.Climaxing in love lost, love gained, a death and some just deserts.