Cast Keira Knightley
Ralph Fiennes
Dominic Cooper
Hayley Atwell
Screenwriters
Jeffrey Hatcher
Anders Thomas Jensen
Saul Dibb
Director
Saul Dibb
Running Time
110 minutes
Long before the concept existed, the Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer, was the original “It Girl.” Like her direct ancestor Princess Diana, she was ravishing, glamorous and adored by an entire country. Determined to be a player in the wider affairs of the world, she proved that she could out-gamble, out-drink and outwit most of the aristocratic men who surrounded her. She helped usher in sweeping changes to England as a leader of the forward-thinking Whig Party. But even as her power and popularity grew, she was haunted by the fact that the only man in England she seemingly could not seduce was her very own husband, the Duke. And when she tried to find her own way to be true to her heart and loyal to her duty, the resulting controversies and convoluted liaisons would leave all of London talking. (Paramount Vantage)
It was very well done but I wasn't as moved by it as I guess the makers intended because although she suffered it was a genteel suffering. The ordinary folk had hard lives too living in servitude without the trappings of luxury she enjoyed, which tempered my sympathy for her.
