follow all the merchant ivory production in the past and where it take place mainly in victorian england and those be all ensemble movie and with helena bonham carter at the center of it all . bernadette peter could be consider a contemporary version of bonham carter character . be that these hapless character be catch in the middle lead their daily life with eccentric character around them . i enjoy over the year watch this film for several reason and first one the artwork that be feature in it and next be the music and another this could have be a good lead in for a television series ( not the big reason and but part of it . the character play well off each other and and also give that feeling of six degree of separation . i have read the book and it would be hard to film it since it be a collection of short story and however merchant ivory pull it off .