After the pair meet in her home state of Alabama, Scott is shipped off to the war, and the two keep in touch by writing letters to each other until they reunite in New York City.
Much the way certain Disney stars hit the scandal circuit a little too hard in an effort to shed their family-friendly images, Christina Ricci went through a period in her late teens and early twenties where she really tried to push the envelope and establish herself as a grownup actress.
The film about a caddish, social-climbing playboy in 1890s Paris had Kristin Scott Thomas and Uma Thurman on board, plus the massively popular British heartthrob in his first big post- Twilight role.