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Title: The Duchess (2008)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Keira Knightley | ... | Georgiana | |
| Ralph Fiennes | ... | The Duke | |
| Charlotte Rampling | ... | Lady Spencer | |
| Dominic Cooper | ... | Charles Grey | |
| Hayley Atwell | ... | Bess Foster | |
| Simon McBurney | ... | Charles Fox | |
| Aidan McArdle | ... | Richard Sheridan | |
| John Shrapnel | ... | General Grey | |
| Alistair Petrie | ... | Heaton | |
| Patrick Godfrey | ... | Dr. Neville | |
| Michael Medwin | ... | Speechmaker | |
| Justin Edwards | ... | Macaroni | |
| Richard McCabe | ... | Sir James Hare | |
| Calvin A. Dean | ... | Devonshire House Servant (as Calvin Dean) | |
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Hannah Stokely | ... | Devonshire House Maid |
Georgiana Spencer became Duchess of Devonshire on her marriage to the Duke in 1774, at the height of the Georgian period, a period of fashion, decadence, and political change. Spirited and adored by the public at large she quickly found her marriage to be a disappointment, defined by her duty to produce a male heir and the Duke's philandering and callous indifference to her. She befriends Lady Bess but finds she is once again betrayed by her husband who wields his power with the three eventually living uncomfortably together. Against this background, and with the pressures of an unfaithful husband, strict social pressures and constant public scrutiny, Georgiana falls passionately in love with Charles Grey, a rising young Whig politician. However, despite his ongoing liaison with Lady Bess, the Duke refuses to allow her to continue the affair and threatens to take her children from her. Written by johnno.r[at]xtra.co.nz
The locations, specially Bath are the most cinematic aspect of this opportunistic tale. The Duchess, it seems, was a distant relative of Lady Diana Spencer's and there is a certain symmetry in their stories but Keira Knightly projects only an "actressy" air. She was superb in "Pride and Prejudice" but here she just simply poses and stares. Ralph Finnes's awful Duke is much more believable. The extra marital doomed love story between the Duchess and Dominic Cooper left me completely cold and perhaps that's were the problem resides. Their relationship, their "love" should have consumed us for the sketchy tale to work, but it didn't. Still, the locations, I repeat, are breathtaking and "The Duchess" can be seen if you don't expect to be other than an spectator.