Word: bosinney
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...scion of a wealthy, stodgy London family, is ready to settle down. He meets the near penniless Irene (Gina McKee), his temperamental opposite: she loves art, he's a philistine; she is drawn to ideas, he to money. Naturally, she marries him. Soon she's making eyes at Philip Bosinney (Ioan Gruffudd), the brilliant, artistic architect whom Soames hires to build a country house. Their affair sends Soames into an obsessive rage and precipitates family conflicts that span generations. Irene is more than a love object; she is modernity. The Forsytes long for her to perk up their tired blood...
...hear that Irene "[takes] steps to prevent" having a child with Soames; we see that--in the contraceptive manner of the time--she douches after sex. But the themes (love vs. money, bohemians vs. the Man) probably appeared more vital in 1969; Soames is no less a villain, but Bosinney now seems, unintentionally, a bit of a preening artiste...
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