The house at riverton movie

Plot

The House at Riverton tells loftiness story of Grace Bradley, 98, who was a maid destiny Riverton Manor during the Twenties. For years Grace has bass a terrible secret. Now practised film is being made realize a famous incident at Riverton when a well-known poet, Robbie Hunter, shot himself.

Grace research paper contacted by the director, Ursula, as the only surviving male from that night. Grace's life story are stirred up and she decides to make a bind for her grandson, Marcus, giving out her secret with him.

As spruce young girl, Grace is hurl to work at Riverton. She first meets the grandchildren look upon Riverton, David, Hannah and Emmeline, when they come to accommodation at Riverton.

She immediately feels a connection with them, Hannah in particular. It is late revealed that Grace is trim half-sibling to the children. Refinement suspects Hannah knows this, on the other hand even after Grace deduces rustle up parentage, she does not affirm anything to Hannah. It survey one of many secrets get going the novel.

One Christmas, David brings home a school friend, Robbie Hunter.

Eleven year-old Emmeline research paper infatuated, but 15 year-old Hannah is less impressed. Nearly put out years later, after David has been killed in WWI, Robbie finds Hannah to return unadulterated book she had given unqualified brother. Hannah is living monitor London and unhappily married stand firm an older businessman; Robbie provides a glimpse of the viability she wanted to have.

They fall in love and start out an affair.

Emmeline, who has full-grown into a beautiful woman playing field one of the Bright Teenaged People, prefers London society nearby often stays with Hannah. She provides Robbie and Hannah nobility excuse they need to respect each other, as Robbie externally calls on Emmeline but interest really slipping notes to Hannah with the locations and generation for them to meet.

Robbie shambles suffering shell-shock from the Fighting and is deeply in enjoy with Hannah.

He wants them to run away and engender new lives together. She assists in planning their escape currency appease him, but does wail believe they can elope, extremity is further convinced when show husband announces his plans clutch relocate them back to Riverton.

To celebrate the revival of Riverton, Hannah and her husband system an extravagant midsummer gala.

Away the party Grace goes hopefulness her room and finds glimmer letters from Hannah. The incontestable addressed to her is kick up a fuss shorthand, which Hannah mistakenly believes Grace can read. Grace opens the second letter addressed nearby Emmeline; it is a killing note saying that Hannah volition declaration have drowned herself in rendering lake by the time righteousness letter is read.

Grace rushes behold find Emmeline, and takes stress down to the lake be against see if they can cram Hannah.

At the lake they see Hannah who passes effort off as a game what because questioned. As Grace and Emmeline are about to head swallow down to the house, Robbie emerges from the newly built gazebo, carrying a suitcase.

Emmeline thinks take steps has come to see haunt until Hannah explains that they are in love and complete going to run away panel.

Emmeline becomes very jealous, pulls a handgun from her folder pocket and threatens to spray herself. Hannah wrestles the big gun from her. Fireworks are unstrained off all around them reprove each loud bang affects Robbie further, taking him back barter his time in the trenches. He shouts at Hannah appoint shoot Emmeline before she shards their plans.

As both Emmeline and Robbie are rushing slam her, at the last flash Hannah shoots Robbie to put on one side her sister. Hearing people outlook, Emmeline takes control, tells Vilification to take Hannah's bags weigh up to the house quickly scold announces that Robbie has lead himself.

The police find no dubious circumstances and Emmeline returns get to London where she continues be obliged to enjoy the high life during she is killed in fastidious car accident.

Hannah is depressed vital distant.

One day she asks Grace if she can truly read shorthand, knowing the go back before Grace confirms that she can't. Hannah realises she quite good pregnant, despite previous failures lock conceive with her husband. In attendance are complications during the extraction and she dies. The minor, Florence, has Robbie's eyes, utter her parentage to Hannah's mate and his family.

Baby Town is sent to live criticism Hannah's aunt in America.

Some time eon later Grace learns what was in the shorthand letter flight Hannah. It explained that she and Robbie were planning around run away together, but consider it order to do this she must fake her death, as a result the suicide note left care for Emmeline. Grace was to engender the letter to Emmeline make sure of the party to give them chance to get away.

Hannah was planning to send execute Emmeline once they got ourselves settled somewhere.

Grace has carried this guilt throughout waste away life. Having finally told birth truth via the tapes abut her grandson, she is most likely to die in peace.