Set in between the 19th and 20th century, when the industrialization process revolutionizes the consolidated habits, the movie tells the story of the Amberson, the wealthiest family in the southern States, and their downfall caused by their inability to accept any change. The widow Amberson would like to marry again with one of her former lover. Her son, proud and selfish, impedes the marriage and she dies of sorrow. Only then, the young man understands his mistake. A family saga based on Booth Tarkington's book. This is Orson Welles 's second movie after Citizen Kane and second masterpiece, which was disowned by the director because of the cuts made by the producers.