The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.

1995135 min6.1 / 10

A period drama exploring forbidden passion and social hypocrisy in Puritan Boston, where a woman's defiant love becomes an act of moral resistance against religious oppression.

Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.

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