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Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Why this pick
The direct continuation retains Kapur’s opulent, shadowed court imagery and Cate Blanchett’s commanding portrait of a ruler balancing private vulnerability with public myth.
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MOVIE1998 2h 4m GBR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1558, Catholicism Mary I of England dies of a uterine cancer. Mary's Protestantism half-sister, Elizabeth I of England, under house arrest for conspiracy charges, is freed and crowned the Queen of England.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Fanny Ardant
Mary of Guise
Vincent Cassel
Duc d'Anjou
Edward Hardwicke
Earl of Arundel
Emily Mortimer
Kat Ashley
Alfie Allen
Arundel's Son
Lily Allen
Lady in Waiting
John Gielgud
The Pope
Cate Blanchett
Elizabeth I