Directed by james ivory with maggie smith helena bonham carter denholm elliott julian sands lucy meets george in a florence pensione and the two share a brief romance before lucy returns home where she becomes engaged to cecil however it isnt long before george unexpectedly enters her life again. A room with a view is a 1908 novel by english writer e m forster about a young woman in the restrained culture of edwardian era england set in italy and england the story is both a romance and a humorous critique of english society at the beginning of the 20th century. A room with a view is a 1985 british romance film directed by james ivory with a screenplay written by ruth prawer jhabvala and produced by ismail merchant of e m forsters novel of the same name 1908 it stars helena bonham carter as lucy and julian sands as george and features maggie smith denholm elliott daniel day lewis judi dench and simon callow in supporting roles. Directed by nicholas renton with elaine cassidy laurence fox rafe spall sophie thompson its the edwardian era the honeychurches marian honeychurch and her two just of age children lucy honeychurch and freddy honeychurch are a carefree and fun loving family that live in the country town of summer street surrey regardless lucy is a proper young woman