'The Duchess' a decent period drama

Cert 12

Drama/Romance

Seventeen-year-old social butterfly Georgiana Spencer (Keira Knightley) must marry into money to ensure the social standing of her family in mid-18th century high society.

The imperious Lady Spencer (Charlotte Rampling) encourages her daughter to accept a proposal from the brutish Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes). When she gives birth to two daughters, his eye wanders and he takes Georgiana’s friend Bess Foster (Hayley Atwell) as his mistress.

The infidelity drives the young wife closer to her one true love, Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper). A well upholstered film directed by Saul Dibb.