2008 · drama · history · romance
The Duchess
Directed by Saul Dibb1h 50m2008
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Our read: The Duchess (2008) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · history · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- warm
- tender
- twisty
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