Leslie Linka Glatter

The Proposition -- A well-to-do couple (Oscar-winner William Hurt and Madeleine Stowe) in the Depression era find themselves in a tangled mess when they hire a young Harvard student (Neil Patrick Harris) to serve as a surrogate father for their child. But, their problems deepen as they must deal with the meddling of a new priest (Oscar-nominee Kenneth Branagh) and the surrogate father's growing romantic feelings for the wife.

In 1930s Boston, upper-class couple Arthur and Eleanor Barret become involved with a Harvard student and a mysterious priest in their efforts to produce an heir, leading to a torrent of violence that threatens to swallow them all.

A well-to-do couple (Oscar-winner William Hurt and Madeleine Stowe) in the Depression era find themselves in a tangled mess when they hire a young Harvard student (Neil Patrick Harris) to serve as a surrogate father for their child. But, their problems deepen as they must deal with the meddling of a new priest (Oscar-nominee Kenneth Branagh) and the surrogate father's growing romantic feelings for the wife.

A well-to-do couple (Oscar-winner William Hurt and Madeleine Stowe) in the Depression era find themselves in a tangled mess when they hire a young Harvard student (Neil Patrick Harris) to serve as a surrogate father for their child. But, their problems deepen as they must deal with the meddling of a new priest (Oscar-nominee Kenneth Branagh) and the surrogate father's growing romantic feelings for the wife.