The Proposition

"One man gave up everything he owned. The other, everything he believed in."

Mar 27 1998 R 1h 50m
Drama, Romance

Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunately Roger falls in love with her.

Plot

Father Michael McKinnon goes from the U.K. to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile, Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunately Roger falls in love with her.

Written by

Rick Ramage

Directed by

Lesli Linka Glatter

Cast

Kenneth Branagh, Madeleine Stowe, William Hurt

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Interscope Communications

Languages

English

Awards

1 win

Trailers
Proposition The Trailer 1997
Scores
# of Votes
2,492
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA