The Duchess (2008)

Directed by

Saul Dibb

Genre

drama film, biographical film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom, France, Italy, United States

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1,822 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Georgiana Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire, in late 18th century England. She navigates a stifling marriage and a society that limits women's choices while seeking love and influence.

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What happens

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. She was a distant relation of Diana, Princess of Wales, from whom the quote "There were three people in her marriage" on the promotional poster comes from. The Duchess was the older sister of Lady Diana's great-great-great-grandfather, George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer. The Duchess was released on 5 September 2008 in the United Kingdom. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It won the Best Costume Design and was nominated for Best Art Direction at the 81st Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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