The Duchess

Movie Synopsis

A young aristocrat lady is married in a loveless marriage to a duke in the 18th century.

Movie Review Summary

The hype around this film at the time was that this is paralleled in more recent history, with the marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, and the closeness of the Prince with Camilla Parker Bowles. The way the film is shot you could be close to transplanting those characters onto this set. The story is not one of love, but of a love and a life that could have been had in exchange for what the Duchess is forced to live. Keira Knightley plays the role tremendously well, although her skills are beyond these period dramas, and Ralph Fiennes is very believable as the brooding Duke. Some of the sub-plots could have been better developed to give this more depth, as some events are just sprung on you with no background, which makes them flimsy.

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