Madeleine

Based on one of the most sensational murder cases of 19th-century Scotland, MADELEINE sees a bravura performance from Todd as the beautiful accused murderess. Todd, the attractive but reclusive and somewhat moody daughter of an upper-class family in Victorian Glasgow, Scotland, meets Desny, a romantic social climber. The two carry on a brief clandestine affair, meeting in the maid's quarters in the basement of her father's mansion. Todd's father, Banks, a wealthy merchant, wants her to marry Wooland, but she is not attracted to the boring, rather stuffy young man and opts for the exciting Desny. Her lover, however, does not want to be kept in a closet and insists t...