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Sep 25, 2008 · Advertisement. "The Duchess" is a handsome historical film, impeccably mounted, gowned, wigged and feathered, where a husband and wife spend hours being dressed in order to appear at dinner to argue about whether the mutton is off. With Keira Knightley playing the duchess and Ralph Fiennes playing her husband, such a conversation is a minefield.
Oct 10, 2008 · The Duchess: Directed by Saul Dibb. With Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper. A chronicle of the life of 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was revered for her extravagant political and personal life.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Saul Dibb
- 2008-10-10
Full of passion, treachery and repeated devastation, The Duchess will break hearts and dampen many eyes. It strikes the perfect balance of tension and romance throughout, deftly captured by the lingering, wanting looks between Georgiana and Charles when they could not be together and by the many betrayals contrived by the Duke.
- Caitlin Maggs
- PG-13
- Saul Dibb
The Duchess (film) The Duchess. (film) The Duchess is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Saul Dibb, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen, based on the 1998 book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, about the late 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.
Sep 19, 2008 · The Duchess isn't just another twee, good-looking period drama. The film hinges on a very strong central performance from Keira Knightley as the titular Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana. Ralph Fiennes also impresses as the rather despicable Duke of Devonshire, as does Hayley Attwell as Lady Elizabeth Foster, the Duke's mistress, and Charlotte ...
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- Saul Dibb
- PG-13
Sep 4, 2008 · Based on Amanda Foreman’s 1998 best-selling biography, “Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire,” the film concentrates on only about 10 years in Georgiana’s life, starting with her arranged ...
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Sep 18, 2008 · Based on a true story, as they say in the movies, the tale traces the cosseted, tightly corseted late-18th-century life of Georgiana Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire, one of those gilded-cage ...
