When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.
Director: Roland Joffé
Starring: Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall
Overview
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.
Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall, Lisa Andoh, Edward Hardwicke, Robert Prosky, Roy Dotrice, Joan Plowright, Malcolm Storry, James Bearden, Larissa Laskin, Amy Wright, George Aguilar, Tim Woodward, Joan Gregson, Dana Ivey, Diane Salinger, Jocelyn Cunningham, Sheldon Peters Wolfchild, Eric Schweig