The Duchess (2008)
In 1774 Georgiana Cavendish (Knightley) marries the sullen Duke Of Devonshire (Fiennes) with the sole purpose of providing him a male heir. The Duke, angered at his wife’s inability to fulfil her wifely duties - she gives him two daughters - embarks on an affair with Georgiana’s only friend Bess (Atwell), an open [...]
