The duchess, Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films present ; in association with Pathé Renn Production and BIM Distribuzione ; a Qwerty Films/Magnolia Mae Films production ; directed by Saul Dibb ; screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen and Saul Dibb ; produced by Gabrielle Tana, Michael Kuhn
Type
Label
The duchess, Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films present ; in association with Pathé Renn Production and BIM Distribuzione ; a Qwerty Films/Magnolia Mae Films production ; directed by Saul Dibb ; screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen and Saul Dibb ; produced by Gabrielle Tana, Michael Kuhn
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Rated PG-13, for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material
Main title
The duchess
Responsibility statement
Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films present ; in association with Pathé Renn Production and BIM Distribuzione ; a Qwerty Films/Magnolia Mae Films production ; directed by Saul Dibb ; screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen and Saul Dibb ; produced by Gabrielle Tana, Michael Kuhn
Runtime
109
Summary
Based on a true story it is, in its way, a horror story, this portrait of a dazzling young woman at the mercy of the misfortunes of love and the inequalities of the age in which she lived. Married off as an innocent 17-year-old to a much older man, his only interest in the match is her ability to produce a male heir. Installed within the gilded cage of marriage, she discovers he expresses more affection for his dogs than for her. When the first child is female, he takes a mistress and ignores her, until she finds true love--insisting on his lordly right to thwart her. Although she fights hard for her own piece of happiness, eventually, she has to make a choice many, many women will recognize
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Rampling, Charlotte, 1946-
- Qwerty Films (Firm)
- Bim Distribuzione
- Pathé Distribution Limited
- Kuhn, Michael, 1949-
- Knightley, Keira, 1985-
- Tana, Gabrielle
- Jensen, Anders Thomas, 1972-
- Fiennes, Ralph
- Atwell, Hayley, 1982-
- Foreman, Amanda, 1968-
- Dibb, Saul
- Shrapnel, John
- McArdle, Aidan
- BBC Films
- Magnolia Mae Films (Firm)
- Hatcher, Jeffrey, 1957-
- Pathé Renn Production
- Cooper, Dominic, 1978-
- McBurney, Simon
- Paramount Vantage
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Subject
- DVD-Video discs
- Motion pictures
- Married women -- England -- 18th century -- Drama
- Scandals -- England -- 18th century -- Drama
- Adultery -- England -- Drama
- Nobility -- Great Britain -- 18th century -- Drama
- Drama
- Foreman, Amanda, 1968- -- Film adaptations
- Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama
- 1700-1799
- Foreign films
- Motion pictures, British
- Biographical -- Feature
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806 -- Drama
- Feature films
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- England -- Drama
- Historical films
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- Knightley, Keira, 1985-
- Tana, Gabrielle
- Jensen, Anders Thomas, 1972-
- Fiennes, Ralph
- Atwell, Hayley, 1982-
- Foreman, Amanda, 1968-
- Dibb, Saul
- Shrapnel, John
- McArdle, Aidan
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- Magnolia Mae Films (Firm)
- Hatcher, Jeffrey, 1957-
- Pathé Renn Production
- Cooper, Dominic, 1978-
- McBurney, Simon
- Paramount Vantage
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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- Scandals -- England -- 18th century -- Drama
- Adultery -- England -- Drama
- Nobility -- Great Britain -- 18th century -- Drama
- Drama
- Foreman, Amanda, 1968- -- Film adaptations
- Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama
- 1700-1799
- Foreign films
- Motion pictures, British
- Biographical -- Feature
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806 -- Drama
- Feature films
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- England -- Drama
- Historical films
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