Marisa, a single mother brought up in the boroughs of New York City, functions as a maid in a Manhattan hotel. A rich politician, deeming that she is a socialite, is smitten with her. The film is loosely based around a true story. In 1959, Steven Clark Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, married Anne-Marie Rasmussen, a maid who had worked at his family's Manhattan hotel.
Key Features
Release date: 13 December 2002 (USA)
Director: Wayne Wang
Music by: Alan Silvestri
Story by: Edmond Dantes
Box office: $154.9 million
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing