This is a movie from 2008 starring Keira Knightly (Pirates of the
Caribbean and Pride and Prejudice) and Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort from
Harry Potter.) It portrays the upper class in England and is reported
to be a true story about the Duchess of Davenport. The Duchess enters a
hasty marriage relationship, and later discovers that the Duke is
philanderer. He keeps the duchess to sire an heir. Of course the first
two babies are girls, intermingled with a couple stillborn boys. She
finally sires an heir, and then has her own fling and becomes pregnant.
Because of the Duke's influence, he arranges for her to be on vacation
to cover up the pregnancy, while forcing her to leave her lover under
threat of not seeing her children again.
The movie portrays the difference between laws surrounding men and
women. The Duke takes a live-in lover, and expects his wife to just
deal with it.
The movie shows the impressive wealth of the few in England at this
time. It portrays several castles in which the Duke resided.
It also shows the love of a mother, and what a mother will sacrifice to keep her children. I would mildly recommend this movie.
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