Duchess

2008, Rated PG-13, 110 minutes, Directed by Saul Dibb, written by Jeffrey Hatcher, Anders Thomas Jensen, Saul Dibb, based on the book “Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire” by Amanda Foreman, Produced by Michael Kuhn and Garbrielle Tana, Cinematography by Gyula Pados, Original Music by Rachel Portman

With: Kiera Knightley (Georgiana), Ralph Fiennes (the Duke), Charlotte Rampling (Lady Spencer), Dominic Cooper (Charles Grey)

“It’s just our way of expressing ourselves...you [men] have so many ways of expressing yourselves whereas we must make doe with our hats and our dresses” said the Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana. And Georgiana expressed herself fully through the clothes she wore. Trapped in a loveless marriage, forced to tolerate and even cohabitate with the Duke’s mistresses, Georgiana seemingly accepted her fate and let herself be heard through style and even her politics.