Up at the Villa

1930s, thanks to Great Depression and encroaching world war, were miserable times for most people. They were not so much for British and American upper classes with enough money to travel the world and have the time of their lives even in such dark circumstances. One member of that group is a protagonist of *Up at the Villa*, 2000 period drama directed by Philip Haas and based on the eponymous novella by W. Somerset…